Atomically thin materials known as quantum spin Hall insulators have unusual properties that can be used to create error-resistant quantum computers. Nanyang Assistant Professor Bent Weber and Dr Michael Lodge survey the development of this exciting research field.
Physicists have created a hybrid material in which superconductivity and magnetism interact, which could be used to create a new type of quantum computer.
A newly-developed piezoelectric material can flex forty times more than its competitors, opening the way to better micro machines.
Our warmest congratulations to SPMS PhD student, Johan Chrisnata for winning the ISITA 2020 Best Student Paper Award, which discusses about the sequence reconstruction problem.
The emerging field of Quantum Machine Learning aims to combine quantum computing with neural networks to create computing devices with unprecedented capabilities. Physicists at NTU’s School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences introduced a new concept called a Quantum Reservoir Processor, which can be used to tackle difficult problems in quantum physics.
Scientists from NTU and Osaka University have developed a communication chip based on “photonic topological insulators” that may enable the next generation of ultra-fast wireless communications.
Every year in CoS, dozens of PhD students defend their thesis and earn their doctorate, the highest university degree. In this series, we catch up with some new doctors to find out about their experience of doing a PhD in CoS, what made them embark on the intense four year journey and what plans they have for the future. Meet Dr Gan Weiliang, a research fellow from SPMS.
The Michelson interferometer is a device that uses optical intereference to measure extremely small distance variations. First invented in the late 19th century, it remains in active use today; in 2017, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to the LIGO experiment for using large-scale Michelson interferometers to detect gravitational waves. Recently, our team at SPMS set out to construct a Michelson interferometer for science education and outreach.
Suppose you only have enough energy to produce a dozen photons — what can you use them to see? In a new theoretical paper, the ultimate detection limits imposed by the laws of quantum physics have been derived, solving a decade-old open problem in quantum theory.
A new form of carborane, a cluster of carbon and boron atoms arranged in an unusual flat pattern, has been isolated by chemists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. This discovery has overturned a 50-year old set of theoretical rules central to cluster chemistry, paving the way to a new family of chemicals.