Physicists just witnessed quasiparticles forming for the first time ever

For the first time, scientists have observed the formation of quasiparticles – a strange phenomenon observed in certain solids – in real time, something that physicists have been struggling to do for decades.

It’s not just a big deal for the physics world – it’s an achievement that could change the way we build ultra-fast electronics, and could lead to the development of quantum processors.

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CrazyNeutrino said:

Physicists just witnessed quasiparticles forming for the first time ever

For the first time, scientists have observed the formation of quasiparticles – a strange phenomenon observed in certain solids – in real time, something that physicists have been struggling to do for decades.

It’s not just a big deal for the physics world – it’s an achievement that could change the way we build ultra-fast electronics, and could lead to the development of quantum processors.

more…

Cripes. You cannot trip over a new find in physics without calling out ‘quantum processors’.

sibeen said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Physicists just witnessed quasiparticles forming for the first time ever

For the first time, scientists have observed the formation of quasiparticles – a strange phenomenon observed in certain solids – in real time, something that physicists have been struggling to do for decades.

It’s not just a big deal for the physics world – it’s an achievement that could change the way we build ultra-fast electronics, and could lead to the development of quantum processors.

more…

Cripes. You cannot trip over a new find in physics without calling out ‘quantum processors’.

Would it be better calling it Quantum computing?

CrazyNeutrino said:

sibeen said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Physicists just witnessed quasiparticles forming for the first time ever

For the first time, scientists have observed the formation of quasiparticles – a strange phenomenon observed in certain solids – in real time, something that physicists have been struggling to do for decades.

It’s not just a big deal for the physics world – it’s an achievement that could change the way we build ultra-fast electronics, and could lead to the development of quantum processors.

more…

Cripes. You cannot trip over a new find in physics without calling out ‘quantum processors’.

Would it be better calling it Quantum computing?

No.

CrazyNeutrino said:

Physicists just witnessed quasiparticles forming for the first time ever

For the first time, scientists have observed the formation of quasiparticles – a strange phenomenon observed in certain solids – in real time, something that physicists have been struggling to do for decades.

It’s not just a big deal for the physics world – it’s an achievement that could change the way we build ultra-fast electronics, and could lead to the development of quantum processors.

more…

Which darn quasiparticle? According to Wikipedia there are at least 25 different types. Some have been observed forming many times, such as the phonon.

> These processes last only attoseconds

Most quasiparticles last a lot longer than that.

> creating a type of quasiparticle known as a Fermi polaron

Ah, finally, thank you. It’s more correct name is the fermionic polaron, (not to be confused with the polariton).
For more on the polaron see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaron

From Wikipedia: “The electron mobility in semiconductors can be greatly decreased by the formation of polarons.”