Aloha kākou! ? Da scientist ohana from all ova da world, wit da University of Geneva (UNIGE) in charge, wen make one new kine quantum material. Dis buggah let da space wea da electrons stay living, curve any kine way dey like! ??
Nowadays, we get choke new technologies fo’ communicate and share info. So, da scientists and da big companies stay trying fo’ jump ova all kine barriers. Da bestest way fo’ do dat? Make new quantum materials from da rules of quantum physics. ??
Da University of Geneva wen team up wit universities from Salerno, Utrecht, and Delft, and dey wen create one material dat let dem control how da electrons move by curving da space dey stay in. Dis awesome stuff goin’ help in da future wit electronic devices, especially da ones fo’ optoelectronics. Da journal Nature Materials wen publish all da findings. ??
Da future telecommunications goin’ need mean, powerful electronic devices. Dey gotta be able fo’ work wit electromagnetic signals fasta den evah befo’, in da picosecond range – das one thousandth of one billionth of one second! ??
No can wit da kine semiconductor materials we get now, like silicon. Dey all ova in our phones, computers, and game consoles. So, da scientists and companies stay working on new quantum materials. ???
Dese quantum materials get choke special properties, mostly how da electrons dat make ’em up stay acting togedda. Dey goin’ be good fo’ catch, move, and send info-carrying signals (like photons fo’ quantum telecommunications) inside new electronic devices. Plus, dey can work in electromagnetic frequencies neva used befo’, so we can get supah-fast communication systems. ??
Da researchers call dis “warp drive” – da electrons can move in curved space. Da force fields from dis bent space make da electrons do stuff dey no do in regular materials. Das how da principle of quantum superposition work. Andrea Caviglia, one professor at da UNIGE, wen explain all dat. ??
Afta one theory study, da scientists from Geneva, Salerno, Utrecht, and Delft wen make one material wea dey can control how da space stay curved. ??️
Dey wen make one super thin laya of free electrons, sandwiched between strontium titanate and lanthanum aluminate – two insulating oxides. Dis let ’em get special electron geometry dat dey can control any kine way dey like. Carmine Ortix, one professor from da University of Salerno, wen coordinate da theoretical study. ??
Fo’ make dis material, da scientists wen use one cherry system fo’ build stuff on atomic scale. Wit laser pulses, dey wen stack da atoms one by one. Dis let ’em make special kine atom combinations in space dat change how da material stay acting. ??
Technology no ready yet fo’ use dis new material, but dis stay opening up new ways fo’ explore how we can manipulate electromagnetic signals suuuuupa fast. Da scientists also tinkin’ ’bout how dis can be used fo’ make new sensors. Da next step fo’ da researchers goin’ be watch how da material stay reacting to high electromagnetic frequencies, so dey can figgah out what kine applications dis goin’ have. ?️?
So, dis stay one exciting time fo’ da world of quantum materials and electronic devices. No can wait fo’ see wat kine supah-fast communication systems and new sensors goin’ come out from all dis research! ??
Keep one eye on da future, ’cause dese kine discoveries goin’ change how we stay connecting wit each oddah! ???
Da study dat wen help make dis article stay called “Designing spin and orbital sources of Berry curvature at oxide interfaces” by Edouard Lesne, Yildiz G. Saglam, Raffaele Battilomo, Maria Teresa Mercaldo, Thierry C. van Thiel, Ulderico Filippozzi, Canio Noce, Mario Cuoco, Gary A. Steele, Carmine Ortix and Andrea D. Caviglia. Check ’em out in Nature Materials from March 16, 2023. ?????
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?? Bending Space Itself – Scientists Develop New Quantum Material ??
Greetings, everyone! ? An international team of scientists, led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), has developed a groundbreaking quantum material. This innovative material allows the space inhabited by electrons to be curved as desired! ??
With the rise of advanced communication and information technologies, scientists and industries face numerous challenges. The most promising approach to overcome these obstacles is to create new quantum materials, which derive their extraordinary properties from the principles of quantum physics. ??
The University of Geneva collaborated with universities from Salerno, Utrecht, and Delft to develop a material that enables the control of electron dynamics by curving the space they move in. This breakthrough has great potential for future electronic devices, particularly in the field of optoelectronics. The journal Nature Materials published the findings. ??
Future telecommunications will require powerful electronic devices capable of processing electromagnetic signals at unprecedented speeds, in the picosecond range – that’s one-thousandth of a billionth of a second! ??
Current semiconductor materials, such as silicon, simply can’t keep up. They are widely used in our phones, computers, and game consoles. As a result, scientists and industries are working on developing new quantum materials. ???
These quantum materials possess unique properties, mainly due to the collective behavior of the electrons that comprise them. They are well-suited for capturing, manipulating, and transmitting information-carrying signals (like photons for quantum telecommunications) within new electronic devices. Additionally, they can operate in previously unexplored electromagnetic frequency ranges, paving the way for ultra-high-speed communication systems. ??
Researchers refer to this as a “warp drive” – electrons can move in curved space. The force fields created by this distorted space cause the electrons to exhibit behaviors not seen in conventional materials. This is an excellent example of the principle of quantum superposition at work. Andrea Caviglia, a professor at UNIGE, explained the concept. ??
After an initial theoretical study, the scientists from Geneva, Salerno, Utrecht, and Delft designed a material where the curvature of the space fabric can be controlled. ??️
They created an extremely thin layer of free electrons, sandwiched between strontium titanate and lanthanum aluminate – two insulating oxides. This allowed them to achieve specific electronic geometric configurations that can be controlled on-demand. Carmine Ortix, a professor at the University of Salerno, coordinated the theoretical study. ??
To create this material, the scientists used a cutting-edge system for fabricating materials at an atomic scale. With laser pulses, they stacked the atoms layer by layer. This allowed them to create special combinations of atoms in space that affect the behavior of the material. ??
While the prospect of technological use is still distant, this new material opens up new avenues in the exploration of ultra-high-speed electromagnetic signal manipulation. The scientists are also considering how this can be used to develop new sensors. The next step for the research team will be to further observe how this material reacts to high electromagnetic frequencies to determine its potential applications more precisely.
