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Superradiant and subradiant states in lifetime-limited organic molecules through laser-induced tuning

Δευ, 19/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 19 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02404-4

Laser-induced tuning of pairs of lifetime-limited organic emitters allows the controlled creation of superradiant and subradiant entangled states.

A recipe for speed

Τετ, 14/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 14 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02414-2

A recipe for speed

Noble sandwich

Τετ, 14/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 14 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02415-1

Noble sandwich

Techno-optimism needs a reality check

Τετ, 14/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 14 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02390-7

Techno-optimism needs a reality check

A toast to technicians

Τετ, 14/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 14 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02422-2

Despite the essential support they provide to successful research projects, the contributions of laboratory technicians often remain undervalued. We take a moment to appreciate their efforts.

We can see clearly now

Τετ, 14/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 14 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02394-3

Adaptive optics allows scientists to correct for distortions of an image caused by the scattering of light. Anita Chandran illuminates the nature of the technique.

Through the slopes of a light-induced phase transition

Τετ, 14/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 14 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02401-7

The integration of theory and experiment makes possible tracking the slow evolution of a photodoped Mott insulator to a distinct non-equilibrium metallic phase under the influence of electron-lattice coupling.

Observation of Josephson harmonics in tunnel junctions

Τετ, 14/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 14 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02400-8

The standard current–phase relation in tunnel Josephson junctions involves a single sinusoidal term, but real junctions are more complicated. The effects of higher Josephson harmonics have now been identified in superconducting qubit devices.

Symmetry matters

Τρί, 13/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 13 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02395-2

Quantum simulators can provide new insights into the complicated dynamics of quantum many-body systems far from equilibrium. A recent experiment reveals that underlying symmetries dictate the nature of universal scaling dynamics.

A strange way to get a strange metal

Τρί, 13/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 13 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02416-0

Some cerium and uranium compounds exhibit unusual transport properties due to localized electron states. Recent experiments demonstrate that quantum interference on frustrated lattices provides an alternative route to this behaviour.

Author Correction: A boost for laser fusion

Δευ, 12/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 12 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02433-z

Author Correction: A boost for laser fusion

Author Correction: Tunable quantum simulation of spin models with a two-dimensional ion crystal

Δευ, 12/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 12 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02432-0

Author Correction: Tunable quantum simulation of spin models with a two-dimensional ion crystal

A kagome antiferromagnet reaches its quantum plateau

Δευ, 12/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 12 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-023-02383-y

It has long been predicted that spin-1/2 antiferromagnets on the kagome lattice should feature a series of plateaus in the change of its magnetization under an applied magnetic field. A quantum plateau of this kind has now been observed experimentally.

Bragg glass signatures in Pd<sub><i>x</i></sub>ErTe<sub>3</sub> with X-ray diffraction temperature clustering

Παρ, 09/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 09 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-023-02380-1

The existence of Bragg glasses—featuring nearly perfect crystalline order and glassy features—has yet to be experimentally confirmed for disordered charge-density-wave systems. A machine-learning-based experimental study now provides evidence for a Bragg glass phase in the charge density waves of PdxErTe3.

Picosecond volume expansion drives a later-time insulator–metal transition in a nano-textured Mott insulator

Παρ, 09/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 09 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02396-1

During a photoinduced phase transition, electronic rearrangements are usually faster than lattice ones. Time-resolved measurements now show that the insulator-to-metal transition in a thin-film Mott insulator is preceded by lattice reconfiguration.

Why even specialists struggle with black hole proofs

Τετ, 07/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 07 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02398-z

Mathematical proofs of black hole physics are becoming too complex even for specialists.

Relaxation of a sensitive superconductor

Τρί, 06/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 06 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02392-5

Some exotic metals exhibit competing electronic states that can be influenced by small perturbations. Now, a study of a kagome superconductor shows that this competition is exquisitely sensitive to weak strain fields, providing insight into its anomalous electronic properties.

A boost for laser fusion

Δευ, 05/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 05 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-023-02379-8

Inertial confinement represents one of two viable approaches for producing energy from the fusion of hydrogen isotopes. Scientists have now achieved a record yield of fusion energy when directly irradiating targets with only 28 kilojoules of laser energy.

Demonstration of hot-spot fuel gain exceeding unity in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion implosions

Δευ, 05/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 05 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-023-02363-2

Inertial confinement fusion experiments in a direct-drive configuration report more energy produced in deuterium–tritium fusion reactions than the amount of energy in the central part of the plasma created by laser irradiation of the fuel capsule.

Demonstration of a hydrodynamically equivalent burning plasma in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion

Δευ, 05/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Physics, Published online: 05 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-023-02361-4

Hydro-equivalent scaling of recent direct-drive inertial confinement fusion implosions shows that a burning plasma can be achieved with a higher laser energy.

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