Quantum sensors

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025: Quantum tunneling, superconductors and quantum computers

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This year, three researchers from the University of Santa Barbara won for a series of groundbreaking experiments that established the superconducting qubit – the central component that scientists around the world are now using to build quantum computers. In the article
Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of quantum properties. © Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum tunneling and the quantization of energy in an electric circuit"

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The Swedish Academy has announced that John Clark, Michelle Deborah and John Martinis have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of quantum phenomena in hand-held electrical circuits.
Spin of an atom. Illustration: depositphotos.com

A single laser beam protects atoms from information loss

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Researchers at the Hebrew University and Cornell have found a way to synchronize the spins of atoms using light instead of magnetic shielding, which could improve quantum sensors and memory systems.
Description: Low magnetic fields suppress spin decoherence in alkali metal vapors, extending the coherence time and improving the performance of quantum sensors. Credit: Mark Dikopoltsev and Avraham Barbie

Weak magnetic fields: a breakthrough in quantum sensors

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Suppression of alkali metal vapor spin decoherence extends coherence time and improves quantum sensor performance
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