Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of ...
For the first time, scientists have observed the iconic Shapiro steps, a staircase-like quantum effect, in ultracold atoms.
Atoms in the optical lattice, trapped at a distance of 0.5 micron, are excited to the Rydberg state by the ultrafast excitation technique. Interaction between close Rydberg atoms results in the ...
Instead of electrons in a solid, the researchers used Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs), ultracold gases in which atoms behave ...
Cold atom experiments are among the most powerful and precise ways of investigating and measuring the Universe and exploring the quantum world. By trapping atoms and exploiting their quantum ...
Researchers split two Bose-Einstein condensates with a laser barrier, simulating a Josephson junction and revealing universal Shapiro steps.
Researchers at the ArQuS Laboratory of the University of Trieste (Italy) and the National Institute of Optics of the Italian ...
New discovery unlocks real-time insight into quantum behavior, paving way for advanced sensing and quantum technologies.