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A Quantum of an Angle

schematic picture of the experiment
© Graphik: Tatiana Lysenko / TU Wien

The fine structure constant is one of the most important natural constants of all. At TU Wien, a remarkable way of measuring it has been found – it…

Topological Materials Become Switchable

Symbolic representation of two particles with connections in between
© Raphael Bühler

Because they are extremely stable, so-called "topological states" play an important role in materials research. Now, for the first time, it has been…

Designing New Quantum Materials on the Computer

two people outdoors, trees in the background
© Tommy LaVergne/Rice University)

A new design principle can now predict the properties of quantum materials that have hardly been explored so far. For the first time, a strongly…

Eine perfekte Falle für Licht

graphical scheme of the experimental setup

An der TU Wien und der Hebräischen Universität Jerusalem wurde eine „Lichtfalle“ entwickelt, in der ein Lichtstrahl sich selbst am Entkommen hindert.…

Spin Fluctuations in Focus

[Translate to English:] Portrait von Alessandro Toschi, im Hintergrund eine Tafel.

A method developed at TU Wien has now allowed to identify which mechanism holds the electron pairs together in unconventional superconductors.

A Molecule of Light and Matter

Several atoms and a beam of light
© Harald Ritsch / TU Wien

Using light, atoms can be made to attract each other. A team from Vienna and Innsbruck was able to measure this binding state of light and matter for…

Wellen im Labyrinth ohne Wiederkehr

a wave is sent from the left onto the medium with impurities inside. the transmitted and the reflected parts oft the light are shown on screens

Vom Mobilfunk bis zur trüben Glasscheibe: Oft stören lästige Reflexionen die ungehinderte Ausbreitung von Wellen. Eine verblüffende Lösung des…

Die Höchstgeschwindigkeit der Quanten

An ultra short laser pulse (blue) creates free charge carriers, another pulse (red) accelerates them in opposite directions.

Halbleiterelektronik wird immer schneller – aber irgendwann erlaubt die Physik keine Steigerung mehr. Die kürzest mögliche Zeitskala…