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Counting magnetic flux quanta offers new way to measure photon numbers
Researchers at AIST have directly observed magnetic flux quanta generated in a superconductor by photon absorption and demonstrated a new principle of photon detection that identifies the number of photons based on the number ...
Optics & Photonics
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Experiment shows when quantum 'cat' states stop bouncing back
Quantum systems can occupy superpositions, quantum states that combine different possibilities. For instance, a microwave field can be prepared in a superposition of an empty state and a state that contains microwave light.
Light-based method enables precise control of ultrafast electron flow in a scanning tunneling microscope
What would it take to watch an electron move through a material? Researchers would need to see individual atoms and capture an electron's motion at incredibly short timescales. A Technion-led team has brought those two capabilities ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 23, 2026
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Diamond laser system achieves 100% optical contrast in magnetic-field readout
Researchers at Fraunhofer IAF have developed a laser-enhanced quantum sensor that combines high magnetic-field sensitivity with a large dynamic range. Using laser threshold magnetometry, they improved the ratio of sensitivity ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 22, 2026
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Quantum interference traps electron waves in metal for first time
Ever since quantum mechanics first described particles, like electrons, as rippling waves, researchers have wondered if those waves could be trapped in place. Writing today in Science a century later, a team of Columbia University ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 22, 2026
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Lost Schrödinger manuscript reveals his true view of quantum randomness
Unlike classical physics, quantum mechanics generally cannot tell us exactly what will happen in an individual event. Instead, it predicts the probabilities of different outcomes. As one of the theory's early pioneers, Erwin ...
Laser-made lattice reveals discrete light solitons in tunable atomic vapor
Scientists from the Quantum Technologies Group at the Institute of Physics Zagreb, in collaboration with a colleague from the Physics Department at the Faculty of Science (PMF), have experimentally demonstrated for the first ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 21, 2026
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Physicists trap and tame single particle of antimatter for months
For the first time, Northwestern University physicists have coaxed a single positron—the antimatter counterpart of an electron—into an exquisitely controlled quantum state.
General Physics
Oct 21, 2026
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Atomic memory keeps distant ions entangled for about 10 seconds
Quantum networks, systems that connect devices and allow them to exchange information encoded in the quantum states of particles, could enable more secure communications. To build these networks, physicists need to devise ...
A hidden rivalry between two quantum states at the heart of superconductors
Transmitting electricity without losing any energy may sound impossible, yet this is precisely the promise of superconductivity. For nearly 40 years, scientists have been working to understand materials that exhibit this ...
Superconductivity
Oct 20, 2026
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Steering electrons with extreme ultraviolet light—team achieves quantum coherent control
Light is one of the most powerful tools scientists have for probing matter. By interacting with electrons, light reveals how atoms, molecules and materials are structured and how they evolve in time. Highly energetic ultraviolet ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 20, 2026
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Individual atomic collisions can now be detected in the lab, potentially opening up pathways to new physics
Tiny atoms and molecules are constantly bombarding each other all around us. While we regularly measure the large-scale effects of these interactions, measuring the effect of each individual collision is far more difficult. ...
Quantum probability can't be derived without assuming it first
For nearly a century, physicists have relied on the Born rule to calculate the chances of different outcomes when they measure a quantum system. Yet despite decades of effort, nobody has managed to derive the rule from more ...
A quantum pathway to entropy-free energy transfer
For scientists, breakthroughs often stem from unexpected turns. A research team led by Oscar Dahlsten, an associate professor in the Department of Physics at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK), set out to prove a theoretical ...
General Physics
Oct 20, 2026
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Normally forbidden emissions from graphene could expose quantum fluctuations in incoming light
Voltage fluctuations, light fluctuations, temperature fluctuations—any fluctuations are troublesome and thus undesirable. They don't just cause discomfort; in engineering and medical applications, they affect the accuracy ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 19, 2026
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Scientists redetermine a key strontium frequency with 50 times better precision for quantum technologies
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has remeasured a key transition frequency of the strontium (Sr) atom for the first time in 88 years, since 1938, using a photonic grating chip. It has established ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 19, 2026
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X-rays reveal surprisingly long-lived spin waves in copper oxide
Today's computer technology, based on silicon chips, is slowly reaching its physical limits. Components cannot be miniaturized indefinitely, and clock speeds cannot be increased indefinitely. At the same time, huge AI data ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 19, 2026
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New monolithic ion trap opens quantum simulations to more researchers
Some quantum systems are so complex that even the most powerful supercomputers struggle to simulate their behavior. One solution is quantum simulation: building a controllable quantum system in the lab and tuning it to mimic ...
General Physics
Oct 18, 2026
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A new way to detect stabilizing properties of optical devices
In optical fibers, chips and other light-guiding devices, minor defects can scatter photons and disrupt their path. A new study demonstrates a way to reveal properties which, in certain systems, help light wave behavior withstand ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 18, 2026
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Physicists prove a long-suspected quantum speed limit for thermalization
Whether we are waiting for a car windshield to defrost in winter or a warm drink to cool down, how long it takes for an object to settle into a stable, even temperature within its environment (thermal equilibrium) depends ...
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