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Microscopic structure of quantum gases made visible

Microscopic structure of quantum gases made visible

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (22) | comments 1

Scientists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, have, for the first time, succeeded in rendering the spatial distribution of individual atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate visible.





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Quantum memory and turbulence in ultra-cold atoms

Quantum memory and turbulence in ultra-cold atoms

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists at MIT have figured out a key step toward the design of quantum information networks. The results are reported in the July 20th issue of Physical Review Letters and highlighted in APS's on-line journa ...


Distinguishing decoherence in quantum systems

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 22, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (56) | comments 4

“Over the years, work on Bose-Einstein condensates, known as BEC, have led to more and more interesting phenomena,” Artur Widera tells PhysOrg.com. “This is because they behave according to quantum mechanics, and are fairly ...


Quantum gas microscope offers glimpse of quirky ultracold atoms

Quantum gas microscope offers glimpse of quirky ultracold atoms

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at Harvard University have created a quantum gas microscope that can be used to observe single atoms at temperatures so low the particles follow the rules of quantum mechanics, ...


Compact, wavelength-on-demand Quantum Cascade Laser chip created

Compact, wavelength-on-demand Quantum Cascade Laser chip created

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 06, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 2

Engineers at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have demonstrated a highly versatile, compact and portable Quantum Cascade Laser sensor for the fast detection of a large number of chemicals, ...


Cross-Dressing Rubidium May Reveal Clues for Exotic Computing

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Neutral atoms--having no net electric charge--usually don't act very dramatically around a magnetic field. But by “dressing them up” with light, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute, a collaborative ...


Atoms don't dance the 'Bose Nova'

Atoms don't dance the 'Bose Nova'

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hanns-Christoph Naegerl's research group at the Institute for Experimental Physics, Austria, has investigated how ultracold quantum gases behave in lower spatial dimensions. They successfully ...


Physicists make discovery in quantum mechanics

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (27) | comments 49

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in quantum mechanics using a superconducting electrical circuit. The finding is reported in this week's issue of the journal Nature.


Scientists discover giant Rydberg atom molecules

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 4

A group of University of Oklahoma researchers led by Dr. James P. Shaffer, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, have discovered giant Rydberg molecules with a bond as large as a red blood cell. Determining ...


Solving big problems

Solving big problems with new quantum algorithm

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (29) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recently published paper, Aram Harrow at the University of Bristol and colleagues from MIT in the United States have discovered a quantum algorithm that solves large problems much faster ...


Compact, wavelength-on-demand Quantum Cascade Laser chip offers ultra-sensitive chemical sensing

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 03, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Engineers from Harvard University have demonstrated a highly versatile, compact and portable Quantum Cascade Laser sensor for the fast detection of a large number of chemicals, ranging from infinitesimal traces of gases to ...



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