#Probing the properties of a 2-D fermi gas

“#Probing the properties of a 2-D fermi gas” Sound propagating in a two-dimensional Fermi gas. The image shows the density of the gas in time, shortly after a sound wave has been excited. Dark red values correspond to a high density, lighter values to a low density. One can see a wave traveling up and…

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#New breakthrough in ‘spintronics’ could boost high speed data technology

“#New breakthrough in ‘spintronics’ could boost high speed data technology” In spin pumping experiments, there are four possible mechanisms for transporting a spin current through an antiferromagnet layer (blue) that is sandwiched between two ferromagnets (purple and orange). (Top to bottom) The spin current could be transported by coherent THz spin waves, by evanescent GHz…

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#Experimentally identifying effective theories in many-body systems

“#Experimentally identifying effective theories in many-body systems” Experimental setup at the Kirchhoff Institute for Physics at Heidelberg University. Credit: Alexis Bonnin One goal of science is to find physical descriptions of nature by studying how basic system components interact with one another. For complex many-body systems, effective theories are frequently used to this end. They…

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#Measuring a tiny quasiparticle is a major step forward for semiconductor technology

“#Measuring a tiny quasiparticle is a major step forward for semiconductor technology” PL spectra of BN encapsulated monolayer WSe2 at 4.2 K. Credit: Nature Communications (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16934-x A team of researchers led by Sufei Shi, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has uncovered new information about the mass of…

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#A quantum memory that operates at telecom wavelengths

“#A quantum memory that operates at telecom wavelengths” Scanning electron micrograph of the opto-mechanical device used as a quantum memory. Credit: Gröblacher Lab, TU Delft. To create large quantum networks, researchers will first need to develop efficient quantum repeaters. A key component of these repeaters are quantum memories, which are the quantum-mechanical equivalents of more…

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