Physicists realize exotic quantum system robust to mixing by periodic forces
February 2, 2017
A team of researchers led by LMU physics professor Immanuel Bloch has experimentally realized an exotic quantum system which is robust to mixing by periodic forces.
When James Bond asks the barkeeper for a Martini ("shaken, not stirred"), he takes it for granted that the ingredients of the drink are miscible. If he were to place the order in a bar in the quantum realm, however, Agent 007 might be in for a surprise! For a research team led by physicists Pranjal Bordia, Professor Immanuel Bloch (LMU and Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics) and Professor Michael Knap (TU Munich, Physics Department and Institute for Advanced Study) has now prepared a form of quantum matter that is robust to shaking – a property that would make life difficult for cocktail lovers.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-02-physicists-exotic-quantum-robust-periodic.html#jCp
February 2, 2017
A team of researchers led by LMU physics professor Immanuel Bloch has experimentally realized an exotic quantum system which is robust to mixing by periodic forces.
When James Bond asks the barkeeper for a Martini ("shaken, not stirred"), he takes it for granted that the ingredients of the drink are miscible. If he were to place the order in a bar in the quantum realm, however, Agent 007 might be in for a surprise! For a research team led by physicists Pranjal Bordia, Professor Immanuel Bloch (LMU and Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics) and Professor Michael Knap (TU Munich, Physics Department and Institute for Advanced Study) has now prepared a form of quantum matter that is robust to shaking – a property that would make life difficult for cocktail lovers.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-02-physicists-exotic-quantum-robust-periodic.html#jCp