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Full Circle Physics – E&S feature on IQIM
Image courtesy of E & S Read about IQIM in the Fall 2015 issue of E & S. Caltech’s Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM) began in 2010 as the Center for Exotic Quantum Systems,...
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Recent Alumnus Adam Jermyn honored with 2015 APS Leroy Apker award.
Adam Jermyn Adam was recognized for outstanding achievements in physics as an undergraduate student. Jason Alicea worked with Adam on parafermions “He simply loves physics and has a strong sense of...
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Refael Group Publication describes a “topolariton”
Gil Refael and IQIM Postdocs Torsten Karzig, Charles-Edouard Bardyn, and former postdoc Netanel H. Lindner describe a topological polarition, or “topolariton” in a Physics Rev X paper. The topolariton...
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Yanbei Chen elected a fellow of the APS
Yanbei Chen Congratulations to Yanbei Chen, Professor of Physics, elected a fellow of the APS. Chen was recognized for “major contributions to our understanding of quantum noise in gravitational wave...
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Senior Patrick Rall featured in story describing 2015 SURF
Caltech Senior, Patrick Rall Patrick Rall, a Caltech Senior is featured in this Caltech Media story describing his 2015 SURF experience working with John Preskill. “The most interesting thing about the...
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David Hsieh awarded Packard Fellowship
David Hsieh is a 2015 recipient of the Packard Fellowship. This award “provides early-career scientists with flexible funding and the freedom to take risks and explore new frontiers in their fields.”...
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Hsieh work on novel phase of matter featured in Nature Physics
Four different types of RA-SHG patterns found by performing local measurements within all of the domains mapped in Fig. 2b. Red lines are fits to the expressions described in the text. The large lobes...
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Eisenstein group demonstrates method to control orientation of exotic quantum...
Artist’s rendition showing nematics aligned in a quantum well (Credit: J. Pollanen). The quantum Hall nematics are fascinating two-dimensional (2-d) electronic liquid crystals existing in ultra-clean...
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IQIM research included in Caltech’s 15 for 2015
Two of IQIM’s research results have been highlighted in 15 for 2015: The Year in Research News at Caltech. Images of early-stage growth of graphene on copper (Yeh group). The hexagons grow together...
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Yeh Group publication and video describes new work in 3-D topological Insulators
Spectral characteristics of isolated magnetic impurities. For full caption and image see Figure 6 in the publication. The Yeh group presents results of recent work exploring topological insulators...
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Anyone Can Quantum over 1.5 Million Views
In the first two days following the premier of “Anyone Can Quantum” as part of One Entangled Evening on January 26, the short film depicting an epic quantum chess battle between Stephen Hawking and...
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One Entangled Evening and Quantum Summit Highlights
On January 26 and 27th, IQIM hosted programs honoring Richard Feynman and marking 50 years since he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum electrodynamics. IQIM also presented...
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Vidick receives AFOSR and NSF awards
Thomas Vidick, Assistant Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, has received two recent awards. He won the 2016 Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Award for...
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Alicea News and Views on Majorana modes in superconducting wires
Jason Alicea, Professor of Theoretical Physics, comments on recent experimental work by the Marcus group. They have identified a key property of ‘Majorana modes’ in superconducting wires that can be...
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Faraon receives ONR Young Investigator Award
Andrei Faraon, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science, has received a 2016 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award. His proposal was Quantum Transduction Between...
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Preskill Interview – A True Quantum Revolution is Close
Photo and caption from PhysicsWorld blog – Bit of choice: A photograph of the nine superconducting qubit device developed by the Martinis group at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where,...
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New Science article features work by Motrunich group on Dirac composite fermions
Two-dimensional momentum space view of density-density correlations. See Fig 2 in publication for full caption A recent Science article features work by IQIM alums Scott Geraedts and Roger Mong, and...
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Senior, Paul Dieterle, awarded Hertz Fellowship
Congratulations to Paul Dieterle, he is one of 12 recipients thoughout the U.S. of a Hertz Fellowship providing up to five years of support for graduate studies. As an undergraduate, Paul has worked...
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It takes a physicist to explain these Super Heroes
Spiros Michalakis, IQIM’s Manager of Outreach and Staff Researcher, was involved in discussions with Marvel about Ant Man and the science behind the extreme changes in his size. The new film Captain...
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Yeh Lab work on graphene featured on BBC News
The current episode of the BBC News program Horizons features work done by the Yeh lab. The program asks whether science and technology can solve some of the globe’s most pressing problems; in this...
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