News tagged with quantum gases

Precise trace gas analysis, without the noise

Analyzing trace atmospheric gases can now be considerably more precise with the help of a device that delivers stable and reliable power to the lasers used in gas sensors.

Technology / Engineering

created May 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cross-Dressing Rubidium May Reveal Clues for Exotic Computing

(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 ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

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




Search results for quantum gases


Electrons in concert: A simple probe for collective motion in ultracold plasmas

(PhysOrg.com) -- Collective, or coordinated behavior is routine in liquids, where waves can occur as atoms act together. In a milliliter (mL) of liquid water, 1022 molecules bob around, colliding. When a bre ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Many bodies make one coherent burst of light: Researchers see superfluorescence from solid-state material

In a flash, the world changed for Tim Noe – and for physicists who study what they call many-body problems. The Rice University graduate student was the first to see, in the summer of 2010, proof of a ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Hydrogen advances graphene use

Physicists at Linköping University have shown that a dose of hydrogen or helium can render the "super material" graphene even more useful.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers use webs of lasers to remove entropy from a system causing quantum gases to cool

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many physicists around the world are hard at work trying to figure out new and exciting ways to create ultra-cold objects, the reason being is that if a system could be created that operates ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Largest ever gas mix caught in ultra-freeze trap

A team of scientists have made it easier to study atomic or subatomic-scale properties of the building blocks of matter (which also include protons, neutrons and electrons) known as fermions by slowing down the movement of ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Topological matter in optical lattices

Atoms trapped by laser light have become excellent platforms for simulating solid state systems. These systems are also a playground for exploring quantum matter and even uncovering new phenomena not yet seen ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

A microscopic view on quantum fluctuations

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics achieve direct imaging of quantum fluctuations at absolute zero temperature.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Reducing noise in quantum operation at room temperature

(PhysOrg.com) -- "A quantum memory is a crucial component of future quantum information processing technologies. Among these technologies, a quantum communications system based on light will enable vastly improved performance ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast feature

Polymer's hunt for nicotine

Newly synthesized polymer, fitted with molecular pincers of carefully tailored structure, effectively captures nicotine molecules and its analogues. The polymer can be used for fabrication of sensitive and selective chemical ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanomembranes promise new materials for advanced electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- The camera in your phone collects light on silicon and translate that information into digital bits. One of the reasons those cameras and phones continue to improve is that researchers are developing new ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


List of search results for quantum gases