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Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jan 19, 2010

Turning down the noise in quantum data storage

Researchers who hope to create quantum computers are currently investigating various methods to store data. Nitrogen atoms embedded in diamond show promise for encoding quantum bits (qubits), but the process of reading the ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Nov 30, 2009

First Pump-Probe Experiment at Linac Coherent Light Source Completed

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- The first experiment using the Linac Coherent Light Source to illuminate molecules via a "pump-probe" technique has been completed by an international team of more than 30 scientists from institutions including ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Sep 22, 2009

Diamonds May Be the Ultimate MRI Probe, Say Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºicists

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- Diamonds, it has long been said, are a girl's best friend. But a research team including a physicist from the National Institute of Standards and Technology has recently found that the gems might turn out ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 2, 2009

Trading carats for nanometers - and defective diamonds for crystal clear microscopy

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- Large, perfect diamonds are precious to almost all of us but to some scientists, it is the defects that really matter. This is because defects can form nanoscopic color centers, which play a key role in the ...

Condensed Matter Oct 27, 2008

New Process Promises Bigger, Better Diamond Crystals

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Carnegie Institution have developed a new technique for improving the properties of diamonds—not only adding sparkle to gemstones, but also simplifying the process of making high-quality ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics May 15, 2008

First measurement of entangled states in nitrogen

When atoms form molecules, they share their outer electrons and this creates a negatively charged cloud. Here, electrons buzz around between the two positively charged nuclei, making it impossible to tell which nucleus they ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Mar 20, 2008

Âé¶¹ÒùÔºicists Bring Quantum Computing Closer to Reality

Researchers at the U. S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Microsoft Station Q have made significant advancements in understanding a fundamental problem of quantum ...

Other May 31, 2007

New method for making improved radiation detectors

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, with funding from DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration, have devised ways to improve the performance of radiation detectors, such as ...

Nanophysics May 31, 2007

Single spinning nuclei in diamond offer a stable quantum computing building block

[B]At room temperature, carbon-13 nuclei in diamond create stable, controllable quantum register[/B] Surmounting several distinct hurdles to quantum computing, physicists at Harvard University have found that individual ...

Oct 27, 2005

Researchers light up 'dark' spins in diamond

Discovery could lead to room temperature quantum computing Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have potentially opened up a new avenue toward room temperature quantum information processing. By demonstrating the ability to image ...

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