When Lake Mendota freezes over in the winter and thaws in the spring, those water/ice phase transitions might seem mundane. But, says new assistant professor of physics Ilya Esterlis, interesting things happen during phase transitions, …
Read the full article at: https://www.physics.wisc.edu/2022/12/27/welcome-assistant-professor-ilya-esterlis/Year: 2022
Welcome, Roman Kuzmin, the Dunson Cheng Assistant Professor of Physics
In the modern, cutting-edge field of quantum computing, it can be a bit puzzling to hear a researcher relate their work to low-tech slide rules. Yet that is exactly the analogy that Roman Kuzmin uses …
Read the full article at: https://www.physics.wisc.edu/2022/12/27/welcome-roman-kuzmin-the-dunson-cheng-assistant-professor-of-physics/New technique reveals changing shapes of magnetic noise in space and time
This article was originally published by Princeton Engineering Electromagnetic noise poses a major problem for communications, prompting wireless carriers to invest heavily in technologies to overcome it. But for a team of scientists exploring the …
Read the full article at: https://www.physics.wisc.edu/2022/12/23/new-technique-reveals-changing-shapes-of-magnetic-noise-in-space-and-time/Shimon Kolkowitz promoted to Associate Professor
Congratulations to Shimon Kolkowitz on his promotion to Associate Professor of Physics with tenure! Professor Kolkowitz is an AMO physicist whose research focuses on ultraprecise atomic clocks and nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamonds, both …
Read the full article at: https://www.physics.wisc.edu/2022/11/01/shimon-kolkowitz-promoted-to-associate-professor/Alex Levchenko, Mark Rzchowski elected Fellows of the American Physical Society
Congratulations to Profs. Alex Levchenko and Mark Rzchowski, who were elected 2022 Fellows of the American Physical Society! Levchenko was elected for “broad contributions to the theory of quantum transport in mesoscopic, topological, and superconducting …
Read the full article at: https://www.physics.wisc.edu/2022/10/19/alex-levchenko-mark-rzchowski-elected-fellows-of-the-american-physical-society/Collaboration between NSF quantum centers finds path to fault tolerance in neutral atom qubits
Like the classical computers we use every day, quantum computers can make mistakes when manipulating and storing the quantum bits (qubits) used to perform quantum algorithms. Theoretically, a quantum error correction protocol can correct these …
Read the full article at: https://www.physics.wisc.edu/2022/09/12/nsf-quantum-center-collaboration-finds-path-to-fault-tolerance-in-neutral-atom-qubits/Margaret Fortman awarded Google quantum computing fellowship
This post was adapted from a story posted by the UW–Madison Graduate School Two UW–Madison graduate students, including physics grad student Margaret Fortman, have been awarded 2022 Google Fellowships to pursue cutting-edge research. Fortman received …
Read the full article at: https://www.physics.wisc.edu/2022/09/08/margaret-fortman-awarded-google-quantum-computing-fellowship/Opening doors to quantum research experiences with the Open Quantum Initiative
This past winter, Katie Harrison, then a junior physics major at UW–Madison, started thinking about which areas of physics she was interested in studying more in-depth. “Physics is in general so broad, saying you want …
Read the full article at: https://www.physics.wisc.edu/2022/08/29/opening-doors-to-quantum-research-experiences-with-the-open-quantum-initiative/Coherent light production found in very low optical density atomic clouds
No atom is an island, and scientists have known for decades that groups of atoms form communities that “talk” to each other. But there is still much to learn about how atoms — particularly energetically …
Read the full article at: https://www.physics.wisc.edu/2022/07/21/coherent-light-production-found-in-very-low-optical-density-atomic-clouds/Chemist Randall Goldsmith named a Schmidt Science Polymath
The UW–Madison professor's multidisciplinary approach to studying chemical and biophysical systems earned a $2.5 million award from the philanthropic organization founded by the former CEO of Google.
Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/chemist-randall-goldsmith-named-a-schmidt-science-polymath/