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A quantum optic experimental system developed by Dr. Barak Dayan at Caltech. An optic fiber (horizontal line, left) brings light to resonators (light dots appearing in a vertical row on the optic chip, center). Lasers above the chip are used to cool and manipulate single atoms

Spinning Dice, Revolving Doors

01.10.2009
Quantum Physics
Meetings between single atoms or photons could form the basis of future technologies
(l-r) Dr. Roee Ozeri, Prof. Adi Stern and Prof. Moty Heiblum. Pushing quantum limits

Thinking Small

01.05.2009
Quantum Physics, Math & Computer Science
Can the strange properties of quantum physics be harnessed to build computers?
An artist’s impression of the quantum Hall device in which even fractional charges were measured

Part and Particle

01.11.2008
Quantum Physics
A new fractionally-charged electron could, in the future, lead to quantum computers
Weizmann Institute Scientists Show: Quantum Systems Could Flout Physics Law

Weizmann Institute Scientists Show: Quantum Systems Could Flout Physics Law

02.06.2008
Space & Physics, Quantum Physics, Chemistry
  Scientists in the Weizmann Institute’s Faculty of Chemistry, together with colleagues in Germany, have made a startling prediction: Simply '...
Weizmann Institute Scientists Find New 'Quasiparticles'

Weizmann Institute Scientists Find New 'Quasiparticles'

02.06.2008
Quantum Physics
Weizmann Institute physicists have demonstrated, for the first time, the existence of 'quasiparticles' with one quarter the charge of an electron...
Dr. Ehud Altman. Quantum wiggles

The Music in the Quantum Noise

01.05.2008
Quantum Physics
Wiggles in quantum matter might be the footprints of fluctuations  
Opposites Interfere

Opposites Interfere

26.07.2007
Particle Physics, Quantum Physics
In a classic physics experiment, photons (light particles), electrons, or any other quantum particles are fired, one at a time, at a sheet with two...
Prof. Amir Yacoby and Ph.D. students Merav Dolev and Sandra Foletti. Quantum states

Spin Control

01.05.2006
Quantum Physics
A new approach may bring quantum computers one step closer
Prof. Gershon Kurizki

Is Motion an Illusion?

01.10.2000
Quantum Physics, Chemistry
If you observe something in frequent "glimpses," can you freeze its motion? In the quantum world, you might actually speed it up
Prof. Eli Zeldov.

A Superconductor's "Electric Memory"

01.05.2000
Quantum Physics
Scientists reveal how superconducters acquire "super memories"

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