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Israeli and German researchers have developed a way to force an array of vertical cavity lasers to act together as a single laser - a highly effective laser network the size of a grain of sand. The findings are presented in a new joint research paper published online by the prestigious journal Science on Friday, September 24.

Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat–Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter–have recently conceived and realized a new quantum material. The research results have appeared in the journal Nature Communications.

A new type of atomic sensor made of boron nitride is presented by researchers in "Nature Communications". The sensor is based on a qubit in the crystal lattice and is superior to comparable sensors.

Through a recently developed experimental platform, topological matter can be realized in a fast, cost efficient, and versatile way. Würzburg physicist have now achieved with it a breakthrough that might enable optronic technologies in the long run.

Forschungszentrum Jülich and the University of Würzburg will together investigate the quantum phenomena of topological materials and the opportunities they present within quantum computing. The Free State of Bavaria is funding the project to the tune of € 13 million.

An international research team has made progress towards improved materials for quantum sensor technology. Medicine, navigation and IT could benefit from this in the future.

In order to get children and young people interested in the topic of quantum physics, the Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat develops a mobile game. The project is funded by the German Research Foundation DFG.

A new web exhibition of the Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat – Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter explores the mysteries of the quantum world.

The Quantum Alliance, in which the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat (Würzburg-Dresden) is represented, welcomes the German government’s initiative to promote quantum technologies. It includes two billion euros for quantum technologies.

Physicists in Würzburg have experimentally demonstrated a novel effect for the first time by exploiting topological metamaterials. They published their results in the journal Nature Physics.

Physicists of the University of Würzburg, in a joint collaboration with colleagues from the University of Rostock, have developed a light funnel apparatus. It could serve as a new platform for hypersensitive optical detectors.

Physicists from Würzburg for the first time have experimentally observed spin centers in two-dimensional materials. Such centers can act as quantum bits - even at room temperature.

The universities of Würzburg and Dresden have officially celebrated their success in the Excellence Strategy. In the newly established Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, they are jointly researching quantum materials.

A great success for Würzburg's physics department: its Collaborative Research Centre was rated as excellent and is now entering its second funding phase. The German Research Foundation is providing 12 million euros for this purpose.

The University of Würzburg has been successful with a proposal for a research cluster in the Excellence Competition. This allows new projects to be launched in an important field of physics with great future promise.