Newly Developed Quantum Material Operates at Room Temperature
Scientists have developed a new quantum material that can work at normal room temperature, a breakthrough that could help make quantum technology easier to use and more widely available. Physicists at Louisiana State University (LSU) created the material using an extremely thin layer of gold placed on a glass surface. The structure is thinner than a human hair, yet it can control light according to its quantum properties without needing the extremely cold conditions used by many existing quantum systems. Quantum technology has traditionally faced a major challenge: heat. Many quantum materials only maintain their special properties at temperatures close to absolute zero, around minus 270 degrees Celsius.…