The ‘quantum magnet’: Physicists expand prospects for engineering unusual materials

(PhysOrg.com) — Harvard physicists have expanded the possibilities for quantum engineering of novel materials such as high-temperature superconductors by coaxing ultracold atoms trapped in an optical lattice — a light crystal — to self-organize into a magnet, using only the minute disturbances resulting from quantum mechanics. The research, published in the journal Nature, is the first demonstration of such a “quantum magnet” in an optical lattice.

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The ‘quantum magnet’: Physicists expand prospects for engineering unusual materials