tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107374422024-03-12T23:10:12.185-07:002PhysicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger508125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-30017159585728581832023-10-04T05:45:00.001-07:002023-10-04T05:45:55.232-07:00Physics Nobel 2023: A Primer
Image Courtsey: NobelPrize.org
Author: Biplab Bhawal
In the early days of photography, pictures were all motionless. Those were either pictures of calm and quiet landscapes or pictures of families, in which -- not just the parents -- even the children were all very sober and sensible boys and girls. They never seemed to be running around.
But people could never live Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-88269508169959177072017-07-30T08:02:00.000-07:002017-07-30T08:02:56.726-07:00Bubbles Behaving Like Solid Shells
From left to right: Yousra Timounay, Olivier Pitois, Florence Rouyer
Authors: Yousra Timounay1, Olivier Pitois2, Florence Rouyer2
Affiliation:
1Physics Department, Syracuse University, United States,
2Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Navier, UMR 8205 CNRS, ENPC ParisTech, IFSTTAR, France.
Isolating small volumes of gas or liquid in the form of bubbles or droplets is important for aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-73077661527087647862017-07-23T21:02:00.000-07:002017-07-30T08:36:05.315-07:00Probing Particle Exchange Symmetry Using Interference
Authors of the PRL Paper [1]: From Left to Right (top row) Adrian J. Menssen, Alex E. Jones, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Malte C. Tichy; (bottom row) Stefanie Barz, W. Steven Kolthammer, Ian A. Walmsley (Image credit for Stefanie Barz: Uli Regenscheit, University of Stuttgart; image credit for Adrian Menssen: John Cairns)
Authors: Stefanie Barz*, W. Steve Kolthammer, Ian Walmsley
Affiliation:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-26903514538964471132017-07-16T17:22:00.000-07:002017-07-16T17:25:47.063-07:00Airborne Demonstration of a Quantum Key Distribution Receiver Payload
Christopher J. Pugh (left) and Thomas Jennewein
Authors: Christopher J. Pugh1,2, Brendon L. Higgins1,2, Thomas Jennewein1,2
Affiliation:
1Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
2Dept of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Quantum safe cryptography has truly been thrust into the limelight recently, especially after theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-77672155288024758742017-07-09T11:20:00.000-07:002017-07-09T11:37:06.546-07:00Observations of Short-Period Stars Orbiting the Supermassive Black Hole in our Galactic Center Are Probing the Gravitational Theory
From left to right: Aurelien Hees, Andrea M. Ghez, Tuan Do
Authors: Aurelien Hees, Andrea M. Ghez, Tuan Do
Affiliation:
Galactic Center Group, University of California Los Angeles, USA
Our current understanding of fundamental physics is based on four interactions: electromagnetism, the weak interaction, the strong interaction and gravitation. The first three ones are unified in aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-89558890255278778912017-07-02T06:46:00.000-07:002017-07-02T06:50:57.235-07:00An Efficient Energy Transfer Mechanism on the Nanoscale Using Plasmonic Nanoparticles
From Left to Right: (top row) Larousse Khosravi Khorashad, Lucas V. Besteiro, Eva-Maria Roller, (bottom row) Claudia Pupp, Tim Liedl, Alexander O. Govorov
Authors: Larousse Khosravi Khorashad1, Lucas V. Besteiro1, Eva-Maria Roller2, Claudia Pupp2, Tim Liedl2, Alexander O. Govorov1
Affiliation:
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, United States&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-57439541194863584712017-06-25T08:28:00.000-07:002017-06-27T00:01:53.615-07:00Solving Linear Equations on Scalable Superconducting Quantum Computing Chip
From left to right: Chao-Yang Lu, Jian-Wei Pan, Xiaobo Zhu, H. Wang, Ming-Cheng Chen
Authors: Ming-Cheng Chen1, H. Wang2, Xiaobo Zhu1,3, Chao-Yang Lu1, Jian-Wei Pan1
Affiliation:
1Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China,
2Department of Physics, Zhejiang Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-23521738495806537622017-05-21T10:46:00.000-07:002017-05-23T17:00:48.449-07:00Schmidt Decomposition Made Universal to Unveil the Entanglement of Identical Particles
From left to right: Stefania Sciara, Rosario Lo Franco, Giuseppe Compagno
Authors: Stefania Sciara1,2, Rosario Lo Franco2,3, Giuseppe Compagno2
Affiliation:
1INRS-EMT, Varennes, Québec J3X 1S2, Canada,
2Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Università di Palermo, Italy,
3Dipartimento di Energia, Ingegneria dell'Informazione e Modelli Matematici, Università di Palermo, Italy.
TheUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-48214561924625949572017-05-14T19:16:00.000-07:002017-05-14T19:16:31.988-07:00A Step Towards The Realization of A Quantum Network
Ataç Imamoglu (left) and Aymeric Delteil (right)
Authors : Aymeric Delteil, Zhe Sun, Stefan Fält, Atac Imamoglu
Affiliation: Institute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Quantum network architectures consist of local nodes comprising quantum memories that are interconnected using single photons propagating in photonic channels. In such networks, the ability to transfer a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-36300425161426647692017-03-05T13:02:00.000-08:002017-03-05T13:03:26.793-08:00Ultrafast Quantum Simulator
Photos of some of the authors -- From Left to Right: (top row) Nobuyuki Takei, Christian Sommer, Claudiu Genes, Guido Pupillo; (bottom row) Hisashi Chiba, Matthias Weidemüller, Kenji Ohmori.
Authors: Nobuyuki Takei1,2, Christian Sommer1,2,3, Claudiu Genes3, Guido Pupillo4, Haruka Goto1, Kuniaki Koyasu1,2, Hisashi Chiba1,5, Matthias Weidemüller6,7,8, Kenji Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-54931133676668851362017-01-22T10:38:00.000-08:002017-01-22T14:08:29.218-08:00Glycine, an Amino Acid and Other Prebiotic Molecules in Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Kathrin Altwegg
Author: Kathrin Altwegg and the ROSINA Team
Affiliation:
Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern, Switzerland.
By now it is an established fact that comets contain the most primitive material of all solar system bodies. In situ results from the Giotto flyby at comet Halley in 1986 and remote sensing in various wavelength ranges established the presence of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-72168062077084463842017-01-15T06:43:00.000-08:002017-01-16T10:48:27.909-08:00On The Quest of Superconductivity at Room Temperature
Authors: Christian E. Precker1, Pablo D Esquinazi1, Ana Champi2, José Barzola-Quiquia1, Mahsa Zoraghi1, Santiago Muiños-Landin1, Annette Setzer1, Winfried Böhlmann1, Daniel Spemann3,6, Jan Meijer3, Tom Muenster4, Oliver Baehre4, Gert Kloess4, Henning Beth5
Affiliation:
1Division of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Institut für Experimentelle Physik II, Universität Leipzig, Germany,
2Centro deUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-54293497516892800162017-01-08T07:33:00.000-08:002017-01-08T08:00:21.509-08:00Indications of an Influence of Solar Neutrinos on Beta Decays
From left to right: Peter A. Sturrock, Ephraim Fischbach, Jeffrey D. Scargle
Authors: Peter A. Sturrock1, Ephraim Fischbach2, Jeffrey D. Scargle3
1Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology and the Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, Stanford University, California, USA,
2Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA,
3NASA/Ames Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-23629897540668635222016-12-18T07:22:00.000-08:002016-12-18T07:23:29.783-08:00A Compact Gravimeter Based On An Atom Chip
From Left to Right: Martina Gebbe, Sven Abend, Matthias Gersemann, Holger Ahlers, Hauke Müntinga; (top right) Claus Lämmerzahl, (bottom right] Ernst M. Rasel.
Authors: Sven Abend1, Martina Gebbe2, Matthias Gersemann1, Holger Ahlers1, Hauke Müntinga2, Enno Giese3,4, Naceur Gaaloul1, Christian Schubert1, Claus Lämmerzahl2, Wolfgang Ertmer1, Wolfgang P. Schleich3,5, Ernst M. Rasel1
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-53803186338679470792016-12-11T10:04:00.000-08:002016-12-11T10:09:20.363-08:00Ultratransparent Media: Towards the Ultimate Transparency
From left to right: (top row) Jie Luo, Yuting Yang, Zhongqi Yao, Weixin Lu; (bottom row) Bo Hou, Zhi Hong Hang, C. T. Chan, and Yun Lai.
Authors: Jie Luo1, Yuting Yang1, Zhongqi Yao1, Weixin Lu1, Bo Hou1, Zhi Hong Hang1, Che Ting Chan2, Yun Lai1
Affiliation:
1College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, SoochowUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-59848447062759136052016-10-30T06:55:00.000-07:002016-10-30T06:56:32.166-07:00Experimental Simulation of the Exchange of Majorana Zero Modes
From left to right: (top row) Jin-Shi Xu, Kai Sun, Yong-Jian Han; (bottom row) Chuan-Feng Li, Jiannis K. Pachos, and Guang-Can Guo.
Authors: Jin-Shi Xu1,2, Kai Sun1,2, Yong-Jian Han1,2, Chuan-Feng Li1,2, Jiannis K. Pachos3, Guang-Can Guo1,2
Affiliation:
1Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, ChinaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-13925272372266643192016-10-16T09:54:00.000-07:002016-10-29T09:18:53.776-07:00Carbon Nanotubes as Exceptional Electrically Driven On-Chip Light Sources
From left to right: (top row) Felix Pyatkov, Svetlana Khasminskaya, Valentin Fütterling; (bottom row) Manfred M. Kappes, Wolfram H. P. Pernice, Ralph Krupke
Authors: Felix Pyatkov1,2, Svetlana Khasminskaya1, Valentin Fütterling1, Randy Fechner1, Karolina Słowik3,4, Simone Ferrari1,5, Oliver Kahl1,5, Vadim Kovalyuk1,6, Patrik Rath1,5, Andreas Vetter1, Benjamin S. Flavel1, Frank Hennrich1,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-10582271922300991932016-09-01T13:44:00.001-07:002023-09-22T13:50:47.493-07:00
Dr. Biplab Bhawal With Ted Sarandos, Netflix CEO and Chief Content Officer. pic.twitter.com/VnVtJj9sNI— Biplab Bhawal (@BiplabBhawal) April 29, 2023
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-83640762401675739422016-08-28T09:52:00.000-07:002016-10-29T09:53:59.144-07:00The Real-Space Collapse of a Two Dimensional Polariton Gas
Photos of some of the authors -- From left to right: (top row) Lorenzo Dominici, Dario Ballarini, Milena De Giorgi; (bottom row) Blanca Silva Fernández, Fabrice Laussy, Daniele Sanvitto.
Authors:
Lorenzo Dominici1, Mikhail Petrov2, Michal Matuszewski3, Dario Ballarini1, Milena De Giorgi1, David Colas4, Emiliano Cancellieri5,6,
Blanca Silva Fernández1,4, Alberto Bramati6, Giuseppe Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-32725950651266459482016-08-21T08:02:00.000-07:002016-08-21T08:30:11.097-07:00Recent Supernova Debris on the Moon
Thomas Faestermann (left) and Gunther Korschinek.
Authors: Thomas Faestermann, Gunther Korschinek
Affiliation: Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany.
Stars with a mass of more than about 8 times the solar mass usually end in a supernova explosion (SN). Before and during this explosion new elements, stable and radioactive, are formed by nuclear reactions and a large Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-20245207443881248002016-08-14T07:55:00.000-07:002016-08-14T07:55:23.164-07:00Quantum Tunneling of Water in Ultra-Confinement
From Left to Right: (top row) Alexander I. Kolesnikov, George F. Reiter, Narayani Choudhury, Timothy R. Prisk, Eugene Mamontov; (bottom row) Andrey Podlesnyak, George Ehlers, David J. Wesolowski, Lawrence M. Anovitz.
Authors: Alexander I. Kolesnikov1, George F. Reiter2, Narayani Choudhury3, Timothy R. Prisk4, Eugene Mamontov1, Andrey Podlesnyak5, George Ehlers5, Andrew G. Seel6, David JUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-43223485104403823102016-07-31T10:11:00.000-07:002016-07-31T10:12:20.300-07:00There Are Many Ways to Spin a Photon
Left to Right: Paul Eastham, Kyle Ballantine, John Donegan
Authors: Kyle E. Ballantine, John F. Donegan, Paul R. Eastham
Affiliation: School of Physics and CRANN, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Can a boson, like a photon, have half-integer angular momentum? In three dimensions, no. The familiar quantum numbers l and ml, for orbital angular momentum; s and ms, for spin Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-36033814180166905782016-07-24T10:09:00.001-07:002016-07-24T10:12:37.129-07:00Relativistic Laser-Driven Table-top Intense Terahertz Transition Radiation Sources
From Left to Right: Guo-Qian Liao, Yu-Tong Li, Xiao-Hui Yuan
Authors: Guo-Qian Liao1, Yu-Tong Li1,4, Hao Liu1, Yi-Hang Zhang1, Xiao-Hui Yuan2,4, Xu-Lei Ge2, Su Yang2, Wen-Qing Wei2, Wei-Min Wang1,4, Zheng-Ming Sheng2,3,4, Jie Zhang2,4
Affiliation:
1Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
2Key Laboratory Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-45842542821593451952016-07-17T07:34:00.000-07:002016-07-17T08:00:40.859-07:00Demonstrating Quantum Advantage with the Simplest Quantum System -- Qubit
From left to right: Xiao Yuan, Ke Liu, Xiongfeng Ma, Luyan Sun.
Authors: Xiao Yuan, Ke Liu, Luyan Sun, Xiongfeng Ma
Affiliation:
Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Along the search for quantum algorithms, the sophisticated quantum speed-up generally arises with delicately designed quantum circuits by Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737442.post-49156226567684217032016-07-10T08:04:00.000-07:002016-07-10T08:34:17.128-07:00Nonlinear Medium for Efficient Steady-State Directional White-Light Generation
From Left to Right: (top row) Nils W. Rosemann, Jens P. Eußner, Andreas Beyer, Stephan W. Koch; (bottom row) Kerstin Volz, Stefanie Dehnen, Sangam Chatterjee
(credit for Sangam's picture: Tim van de Bovenkamp)
Authors: Nils W. Rosemann1,2, Jens P. Eußner2,3, Andreas Beyer1,2, Stephan W. Koch1,2, Kerstin Volz1,2, Stefanie Dehnen2,3, Sangam Chatterjee1,2,4
Affiliations:
1Fachbereich Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0