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IMAGE: A Rice University-led study finds a unique form of tunable and ultrastrong spin-spin interactions in orthoferrites under a strong magnetic field. The discovery has implications for quantum simulation and sensing.. view more
Credit: Illustration by Motoaki Bamba/Kyoto University
HOUSTON - (May 25, 2021) - Sometimes things are a little out of whack, and it turns out to be exactly what you need.
That was the case when orthoferrite crystals turned up at a Rice University laboratory slightly misaligned. Those crystals inadvertently became the basis of a discovery that should resonate with researchers studying spintronics-based quantum technology.
Rice physicist Junichiro Kono, alumnus Takuma Makihara and their collaborators found an orthoferrite material, in this case yttrium iron oxide, placed in a high magnetic field showed uniquely tunable, ultrastrong interactions between magnons in the crystal.
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Home > Press > Thin is now in to turn terahertz polarization: Rice labs discovery of magic angle builds on its ultrathin, highly aligned nanotube films
Rice University physicists have made unique broadband polarization rotators with ultrathin carbon nanotube films. The films optically rotate polarized light output by 90 degrees, but only when the input lights polarization is at a specific angle with respect to the nanotube alignment direction: the magic angle. (Credit: Kono Laboratory/Rice University)
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Its always good when your hard work reflects well on you. With the discovery of the giant polarization rotation of light, that is literally so.