Individual quantum systems
When I went to school in the 20th century, “quantum measurements” in the laboratory were typically performed on ensembles of similarly prepared systems. In the 21st century, it is becoming [...]
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Science books for kids matter (or used to)
The elementary school I attended hosted an annual book fair, and every year I went with my mother to browse. I would check out the sports books first, to see [...]
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar Positions for 2018
The Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM) at Caltech invites applications for postdoctoral scholar positions in quantum science. IQIM investigators span Caltech’s departments of physics, applied physics, and computer [...]
Where are you, Dr. Frank Baxter?
This year marks the 50th anniversary of my first publication. In 1964, when we were eleven-year-old fifth graders, my best friend Mace Rosenstein and I launched The Pres-stein Gazette, a [...]
The 10 biggest breakthroughs in physics over the past 25 years, according to us.
Making your way to the cutting edge of any field is a daunting challenge. But especially when the edge of the field is expanding; and even harder still when the [...]
Anyone Can Quantum over 1.5 Million Views
In the first two days following the premier of "Anyone Can Quantum" as part of One Entangled Evening on January 26, the short film depicting an epic quantum chess battle [...]
One Entangled Evening
One Entangled Evening On January 26th 2016, Caltech hosted One Entangled Evening, a night of science and entertainment celebrating Richard P. Feynman’s quantum legacy. A sold-out [...]
Much more than Lasers and Mirrors
I have been teaching Chemistry, Physics and Earth Science for twenty five years now, the last fourteen at Duarte High School. I have always emphasized laboratories, focusing on the scientific [...]
Hsieh work on novel phase of matter featured in Nature Physics
Four different types of RA-SHG patterns found by performing local measurements within all of the domains mapped in Fig. 2b. Red lines are fits to the expressions described in [...]
Jason Alicea
Faculty, Topological Quantum Physics