In a new study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics under the lead of Timon Hilker demonstrated evidence of stripe formation, i.e. extended structures in the density pattern, in a cold-atom Fermi-Hubbard system. By using a quantum gas microscope and a special mixed-dimensional geometry, they were able to observe unique higher-order correlations in spin and charge densities related to those seen in some high-temperature superconducting materials. These findings, which shed light on a key phenomenon in condensed matter physics, suggest that individual stripe structures could form at higher temperatures than the much-debated stripe phase. This experiment represents a major step forward in using quantum simulators to explore the most fundamental properties of materials. The work is published this week in Nature.

Experiments show that applied voltage can dramatically alter the magnetic properties of quantum materials.

Since their establishment in 2020, the five U.S. Department of Energy National Quantum Information Science Research Centers. or NQISRCs, have been expanding the frontier of what’s possible in quantum computing, communication, sensing and materials in ways that will advance basic science for energy, security, communication and logistics. The centers have strengthened the national quantum information science. or QIS, ecosystem, achieving scientific and technological breakthroughs as well as training the next-generation quantum workforce.

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) in collaboration with All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) announced a dedicated curriculum at the undergraduate level, to create a thriving quantum-trained ecosystem in India as part of the National Quantum Mission.

UCF and the University of Washington earned a Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials award from the U.S. National Science Foundation to expand participation and access to quantum materials research, education and training.

Dr Florian Kaiser, Head of the Quantum Materials group at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), has been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant worth €3 million over a five-year period. This grant will fund the research project, “Q-Chip”, which aims to demonstrate that quantum processors and quantum memories can be operated simultaneously on a single chip, thus overcoming existing scalability challenges in quantum technologies.

MIT physicists have created a new and long-lasting magnetic state in a material, using only light. In a study appearing today in Nature, the researchers report using a terahertz laser — a light source that oscillates more than a trillion times per second — to directly stimulate atoms in an antiferromagnetic material. The laser’s oscillations are tuned to the natural vibrations among the material’s atoms, in a way that shifts the balance of atomic spins toward a new magnetic state.

MIT physicists and colleagues have for the first time measured the geometry, or shape, of electrons in solids at the quantum level. Scientists have long known how to measure the energies and velocities of electrons in crystalline materials, but until now, those systems’ quantum geometry could only be inferred theoretically, or sometimes not at all.

A team led by the University of Michigan aims to bring the extraordinary accuracy of quantum laboratory measurements to real-world devices. The team, whose project is called Quantum Photonic Integration and Deployment, or QuPID, aims to build the first chips that harness the incredible precision of light for real-world measurements in the field with quantum semiconductors. Working with leading industrial partners, the researchers will develop quantum systems that can perform the high-accuracy measurements.

Aeluma, Inc., a semiconductor company specializing in high performance, scalable technologies for mobile, automotive, AI, defense and aerospace, communication and quantum computing, announced today that is has filed two more patent applications recently, bringing its portfolio to 29 issued and pending patents.