Condensed Matter
10 reportsMagnetism and quantum materials are considered together as the evidence changes. The resulting analysis addresses how the concept is defined and tested and where models fail, distinguishing formal consequences from intuition, analogy, or application.
Silicon Spin QPU Runs Autonomously with Cryogenic Control Chip
HRL Laboratories has demonstrated an 18-qubit silicon spin quantum processor operating with a cryogenic CMOS controller, eliminating real-time room-temperature control and addressing key wiring and thermal bottlenecks in quantum hardware
Zinc Oxide Defect Proposed as Room-Temperature Spin Qubit Alternative
A theoretical study led by SKKU researchers identifies a molybdenum-oxygen-vacancy complex in zinc oxide as a candidate for high-fidelity spin qubits operating at room temperature, potentially addressing fabrication challenges faced by diamond NV centers
IBM Acquires HRL to Advance Silicon-Spin Qubit Quantum Hardware
IBM has announced plans to acquire HRL Laboratories, aiming to integrate silicon-spin qubit expertise with its superconducting quantum hardware program and expand its approach to scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computing
Innolume Adds GEN2000 MBE System to Expand Quantum Dot Laser Output
Innolume has ordered a GEN2000 Molecular Beam Epitaxy system from Veeco to increase production of gallium arsenide quantum dot lasers for optical interconnects in AI and cloud data center infrastructure
Japan Backs Hitachi and Intel to Develop Silicon Spin Qubit Processors
A new government-funded project led by Hitachi aims to move silicon spin-qubit quantum processors from laboratory prototypes toward manufacturable hardware, using Intel's advanced foundry and AIST's research infrastructure
Laser-Driven Nonlinear Dynamics Observed in Mott Insulators
Researchers have identified four distinct regimes of photoexcitation in Mott insulators, revealing how laser-driven feedback can dynamically alter conductivity and carrier production in strongly correlated materials
Simulations Map Phase Separation in Disordered Protein Condensates
Researchers used computer simulations to analyze how intrinsically disordered proteins with prion-like domains cluster and undergo phase separation, revealing distinct regimes and highlighting challenges in measuring critical parameters
Quantum entanglement measured in heavy-fermion strange metal
Researchers used inelastic neutron scattering and quantum Fisher information to directly probe multipartite entanglement in a heavy-fermion metal, offering new evidence for the quantum origins of strange metal behavior
Coupled Laser Array Reveals Nonlinear Effects in Percolation Transition
A team has experimentally realized percolation using a 100-laser array, uncovering how nonlinear interactions shift the critical threshold and alter cluster formation compared to idealized models
Continuous Models Challenge Sudden Quantum Wavefunction Collapse
A new theoretical framework models quantum measurement as a continuous, stochastic process, offering an alternative to the traditional view of abrupt wavefunction collapse and providing new tools for quantum control and algorithm design