#Mathematical tool helps calculate properties of quantum materials more quickly

“#Mathematical tool helps calculate properties of quantum materials more quickly” Intelligent mathematical tools for the simulation of spin systems reduce the computing time required on supercomputers. Some of the fastest supercomputers in the world are currently located at Forschungszentrum Jülich (shown here is JUWELS). Credit: Forschungszentrum Jülich/Sascha Kreklau Many quantum materials have been nearly impossible…

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#Quantum researchers create an error-correcting cat

“#Quantum researchers create an error-correcting cat” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Yale physicists have developed an error-correcting cat—a new device that combines the Schrödinger’s cat concept of superposition (a physical system existing in two states at once) with the ability to fix some of the trickiest errors in a quantum computation. It is Yale’s latest breakthrough…

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#Efficient valves for electron spins

“#Efficient valves for electron spins” Both quantum dots (dashed ellipses) on the nanowire are tuned by nanomagnets (brown bars) such that they only allow electrons with an ‘up’ spin to pass. If the orientation of one of the magnets is changed, the current flow is suppressed. Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Researchers at…

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#Scientists develop first quantum algorithm to characterize noise across large systems

“#Scientists develop first quantum algorithm to characterize noise across large systems” The researchers used the IBM Quantum Experience to conduct their experiments. Credit: IBM Quantum systems are notoriously prone to errors and noise. In order to overcome this and build a functional quantum computer, physicists should ideally understand the noise across an entire system. That…

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#Time-reversal of an unknown quantum state

“#Time-reversal of an unknown quantum state” Credit: Creative Commons, Communications Physics, doi: 10.1038/s42005-020-00396-0 Physicists have long sought to understand the irreversibility of the surrounding world and have credited its emergence to the time-symmetric, fundamental laws of physics. According to quantum mechanics, the final irreversibility of conceptual time reversal requires extremely intricate and implausible scenarios that…

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#Real-world applications for atom interferometric quantum sensors

“#Real-world applications for atom interferometric quantum sensors” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Experts in quantum cold-atom sensors are delving deep underground in a new project aimed at harnessing quantum gravity sensing technology in harsh underground borehole environments. The Gravity Delve project, funded by Innovate UK, brings together academics from the UK Quantum Technology Hub Sensors and…

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#Thermal chaos returns quantum system to its unknown past

“#Thermal chaos returns quantum system to its unknown past” Credit: Daria Sokol, MIPT Building on last year’s breakthrough ‘time reversal’ experiment, two researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Argonne National Laboratory have published a new theoretical study in Communications Physics. While their previous paper dealt with a predefined quantum state, this…

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#Manifestation of quantum distance in flat band materials

“#Manifestation of quantum distance in flat band materials” (Left) The kagome lattice structure in real space. (Right) The corresponding band structure in momentum space. The bottom band is the flat band which exhibits anomalous Landau level spectrum. Credit: IBS The geometry of an object indicates its shape or the relationship of its parts to each…

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