Scientists Discover New Quantum ‘Pinball’ State of Matter Where Electrons Break the Rules
Researchers at Florida State University have uncovered a previously unknown quantum phase of matter in which electrons behave simultaneously…
Multi-plateau high-harmonic generation in liquids driven by off-site recombination
McPherson, A. et al. Studies of multiphoton production of vacuum-ultraviolet radiation in the rare gases. J. Opt. Soc.…
Reading a Quantum Clock Costs More Energy Than Actually Running One
Quantum technologies—devices that operate according to quantum mechanical principles—promise to bring users some groundbreaking innovations in whichever context…
Measurement of optically induced broken time-reversal symmetry in atomically thin crystals
TH Faraday rotation in monolayer WS2 First, we study the non-centrosymmetric WS2 monolayer. The excitation of TMD monolayers…
Self-compressed waveform-stable light transients enabling water-window attosecond spectroscopy
We first demonstrate the creation and field-resolved characterization of light transients, focusing on generating sub-cycle pulses. For this…
Direct tensor processing with coherent light
Cichocki, A. et al. Tensor decompositions for signal processing applications: from two-way to multiway component analysis. IEEE Signal…
A potential quantum leap — Harvard Gazette
The dream of creating game-changing quantum computers — supermachines that encode information in single atoms rather than conventional…
On-site enhancement and control of spin-forbidden dark excitons in a plasmonic heterostructure
Mak, K. F., Lee, C., Hone, J., Shan, J. & Heinz, T. F. Atomically thin MoS2: a new…
Quantum Physics May Predict the Next Financial Crash, New Study Finds
When Albert Einstein first debated the strange logic of quantum mechanics, he probably didn’t imagine his ideas might one…
Room-temperature spin-layer locking of exciton–polariton nonlinearities in a WS2 microcavity
Žutić, I., Fabian, J. & Sarma, S. D. Spintronics: fundamentals and applications. Rev. Mod. Phys. 76, 323 (2004).…