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Benefits of Frustration


Frustration Triangle
New technique provides a way to control spin-coupling among adjacent trapped ions, including "frustrated" three-ion ensembles.

Motion Damping Explained


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Theorists have found an explanation for a puzzling optical-lattice phenomenon seen in a landmark experiment conducted in 2005.

Topological Insulators


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PFC scientists are devising a method that could allow direct observation of an exotic class of condensed-matter states called topological insulators.

About


The Physics Frontier Center is devoted to leading-edge experimental and theoretical investigation of ways to control and process quantum coherence and entanglement: the physics of quantum information. It is funded through a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated within the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a partnership between the University of Maryland (UMD) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), with additional support from the Laboratory for Physical Sciences.

Contact


Physics Frontier Center
Room 2207
Computer and Space Sciences Bldg.
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
tel: 301.405.1300
fax: 301.314.0207

General information about PFC and JQI:
Curt Suplee
CSS 2207
301.405.2291
csuplee@umd.edu
Academic and Research information:
Luis A. Orozco
CSS 2203
301.405.9740
lorozco@umd.edu

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