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New Process for Positioning Qubits Could Benefit Diamond-Based Quantum Computing Devices

Quantum computers are experimental devices that offer large speedups on some computational problems. One promising approach to building them involves harnessing nanometer-scale atomic defects in diamond materials.

29 May 2017

Innovative Laser Techniques Reveal Class of Materials with Potential for Energy Efficiency

An experiment at the cutting edge of materials science and condensed matter physics has shown that the dream of more efficient energy usage can indeed become a reality. This would be another step closer to realizing superconductivity at room temperature.

10 May 2017

Testing of Bell Inequality in Frequency-Bin Entangled Narrowband Biphotons

A fascinating attribute of multi-particle quantum system that has developed as a basic building block of quantum computation as well as quantum information processing is quantum entanglement.

8 May 2017

KIT Professor Receives ERC Advanced Grant for Molecular Quantum Opto-Spintronics Project

Experimental physicist Professor Wolfgang Wernsdorfer of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) was selected by the European Research Council for funding with an ERC Advanced Grant for his project “Molecular Quantum Opto-Spintronics” (MoQuOS). MoQuOS covers optical manipulation and characterization of molecular quantum bits.

10 Apr 2017

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Observes Seven Earth-Size Planets

The first known system of seven Earth-size planets orbiting around a single star has been revealed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. It has been observed that three of these planets are firmly positioned in the habitable zone, referring to the area surrounding the parent star where a rocky planet is expected to have liquid water.

23 Feb 2017

Researchers Examine Ultrafast Laser-Excited Magnetization Dynamics of LSMO Thin Films with BFO Coating Layers

Ultrafast non-equilibrium magnetization in correlated spin systems is extensively studied in recent years. At both fundamental and application levels, ultrafast laser pulse excitation and dynamics measurement provide an effective path to the fast optical detection, as well as for the control of the magnetic order.

20 Feb 2017

Caltech's Stan Whitcomb Gives Talk About Historic Detection of Gravitational Waves at AAAS Meeting

Caltech's Stan Whitcomb, who has been involved with nearly every aspect of the development and ultimate success of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), will give a talk about the project's historic detection of gravitational waves on February 19 at 1 p.m.

20 Feb 2017