A team of researchers has developed a novel method for using cholesteric liquid crystals in optical microcavities. The ...

Now a spin-orbit coupling that had previously been neglected is found to possibly be strong enough to give rise to an unconventional type of superconductivity in certain materials.

Two independent groups of physicists are the first to use ultracold fermionic atoms to simulate “spin–orbit coupling” – an interaction that plays an important role in the electronic properties of ...

A spin-orbit coupling of an unusual nature, termed Zeeman spin-orbit coupling is expected to manifest itself in a wide range of ferromagnetic conductors.

A strong spin-orbit coupling develops at the interface between graphene and heavy metal, resulting in a variety of quantum effects such as spin-orbit splitting of energy levels (Rashba effect) and ...

Electric charge is no longer required to carry information as scientists find a practical way to use spintronics in graphene.

Spin-orbit coupling, the coupling of the qubits' orbital and spin degree of freedom, allows the manipulation of the qubit via electric, rather than magnetic-fields.

Spin-orbit coupling is one of the fundamental effects in quantum physics. It plays a vital role in many basic physic phenomena and exotic quantum states. These phenomena led to the foundation of ...

Research teams are investigating multiple pathways to scale up atom-based computing architectures using spin-orbit coupling -- advancing towards their goal of building a silicon-based quantum ...

Explore the crucial role of spin-orbit coupling in nanotechnology, impacting device innovation and material properties for advanced applications.

Spin-orbit coupling – a ubiquitous interaction in condensed-matter physics – has been simulated in ultracold neutral atoms for the first time by physicists in the US. Their experiment involves firing ...