Physics Undergraduate Research Showcase 2025
Congratulations to Nicholas Crombie, one of the Poster Winners. Nick is an enterprising researcher in QMC and an undergraduate student pursuing a dual degree in physics and mathematics. (read more)
FQM Students VISIT NCNR
Students attending the 8th annual Fundamentals of Quantum Materials Winter School held the week of January 13-17, 2025 took part in a tour of the NIST Center for Neutron Research, in Gaithersburg, MD. This year's school was focused on Novel and Emergent Magnetism, and included a combination of fundamental materials synthesis instruction as well as lectures on experimental techniques and practices from an impressive list of invited speakers.
Quantum Diversity Initiative a Grand Success
Kasra Sardashti Brings Summer Program to UMD to Promote Diversity in Quantum Research. The facilities and researchers at the LPS Qubit Collaboratory and Quantum Materials Center (QMC) created a new home for the program, and this summer they introduced 15 students to quantum research. (read more)
The Green Future of Telecom
Researchers in QMC, in collaboration with researchers from Brookhaven National Lab, Max Plank Institute, and JQI, demonstrated a strong nonlinear optical response in atomically thin semiconducting WSe₂. They showed that a small number of photons was enough to change the material's optical absorption. The nonlinearity features a pronounced asymmetry between electron and hole doping, highlighting the importance of exciton-free charge interactions. This nonlinear response and mechanism open new avenues for applications in classical and quantum optoelectronics. (read more)