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- Cold-atom quantum simulators of gauge theoriesNature Physics, Published online: 15 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02721-8 Large-scale quantum simulations of gauge theories are relevant to high-energy and condensed matter physics. This Review covers recent developments in simulating lattice gauge theories using cold atoms.
- Fundamental charge noise in electro-optic photonic integrated circuitsNature Physics, Published online: 15 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02739-y Thermal agitation of charge carriers, known as Johnson noise, is the dominant noise in electronic circuits. Now it has also been observed as a key noise source in integrated electro-optic photonic circuits, posing challenges for future applications.
- Observation of Joule–Thomson photon-gas expansionNature Physics, Published online: 14 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02736-1 An optical thermodynamic framework can describe the complex dynamics in highly multimodal systems. Now, the observation of all-optical Joule–Thompson expansion in an optical gas further validates this thermodynamic approach.
- Schrödinger cat states of a nuclear spin qudit in siliconNature Physics, Published online: 14 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02745-0 A large nuclear spin has been successfully placed in a Schrödinger cat state, a superposition of its two most widely separated spin coherent states. This can be used as an error-correctable qubit.
- Direct excitation of Kelvin waves on quantized vorticesNature Physics, Published online: 13 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02720-9 In classical hydrodynamics, Kelvin waves refer to helically vibrating normal modes. Experiments now show that quantum analogues of Kelvin waves can be excited in superfluid helium-4.
- Interaction-driven breakdown of Aharonov–Bohm caging in flat-band Rydberg latticesNature Physics, Published online: 10 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02714-7 The effect of strong interactions on the physics hosted by flat bands remains largely unexplored in atomic systems. An experiment in a synthetic flat-band lattice now demonstrates an interaction-driven transition from localization to delocalization.
- A link between anomalous viscous loss and the boson peak in soft jammed solidsNature Physics, Published online: 10 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02722-7 The viscoelastic response of emulsions shows an anomalous loss. This effect is now shown to be related to the boson peak, a universal vibrational feature of amorphous solids.
- Thermally driven quantum refrigerator autonomously resets a superconducting qubitNature Physics, Published online: 09 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02708-5 Resetting qubits in a quantum computer requires significant hardware resources. Now, an experiment demonstrates an on-chip quantum refrigerator that uses a thermal gradient to reset a superconducting qubit more effectively than conventional methods.
