Long before Dr. Jukka Vayrynen was an assistant professor at the Purdue Department of Physics and Astronomy, he was a post-doc investigating a theoretical model with emergent particles in a condensed matter setting. Once ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 15, 2023
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Excitons are drawing attention as possible quantum bits (qubits) in tomorrow's quantum computers and are central to optoelectronics and energy-harvesting processes. However, these charge-neutral quasiparticles, which exist ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 7, 2023
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At the scale of individual atoms, physics gets weird. Researchers are working to reveal, harness, and control these strange quantum effects using quantum analog simulators—laboratory experiments that involve super-cooling ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 18, 2023
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A team of researchers has developed an on-chip photon-counting device that could significantly advance numerous applications of quantum technology.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 4, 2023
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At this stage in the evolution of the universe (about 14 billion years after the big bang) there are four fundamental forces in action that cause interactions among the constituents of matter.
Quantum Physics
Dec 23, 2022
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Measuring only 40 micrometers in diameter, researchers at DTU Physics have made the smallest record ever cut. Featuring the first 25 seconds of the Christmas classic "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree," the single is cut ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 23, 2022
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We see the world around us because light is being absorbed by specialized cells in our retina. But can vision happen without any absorption at all—without even a single particle of light? Surprisingly, the answer is yes.
Quantum Physics
Dec 21, 2022
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Controlling the rotation of this molecule could lead to new technologies for microelectronics, quantum computing and more.
Nanophysics
Dec 21, 2022
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A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China has used perovskite and quantum dots to build an ultraviolet radiation measurement device. The group describes their experiment in Matter.
For the first time in experimental history, researchers at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) have created a device that generates twisted neutrons with well-defined orbital angular momentum. Previously considered ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 21, 2022
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