How to Use quasiparticle in a Sentence

quasiparticle

noun

• There is no better demonstration of that than the world of quasiparticles.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2018
• From quasiparticle to qubit On their own, the Majorana zero modes aren't usable as qubits.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2022
• That the two halves of an MZM quasiparticle can fuse into nothing — an empty vacuum — accounts for their name.
  — Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2021
• One possibility is a type of neutral quasiparticle known as a spinon, which carries spin and not charge.
  — Maggie McKee, WIRED, 24 June 2016
• The most prominent quasiparticle is probably the Cooper pair, in which two electrons are paired in a way that alters their behavior.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2022
• Meanwhile in the lab, as physicists push novel materials to new extremes, the quasiparticle zoo has grown quickly and become more and more exotic.
  — Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2021
• Possibly yes, according to a new study, if a new kind of quasiparticle could effectively be harnessed to make a practicable heat switch.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2023
• But a new development harnesses a long-elusive quasiparticle whose behaviors might be bent to suit the most pressing needs of the perpetually finicky qubit.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2023
• Sound is a mechanical oscillation made up of quasiparticles known as phonons.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 June 2019
• And now that two separate groups have created the quasiparticles in the wild, each team is eager to develop its own suite of quantum computational tools around these new quasiparticles.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2023
• The Department of Energy explained that braiding involves one quasiparticle looping around the other.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 10 May 2023
• These quasiparticles are capable of ballistic, or scatter-free, flow.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Nov. 2023
• Now the scientists have discovered the first experimental evidence the ferron exists, and that this quasiparticle can indeed carry heat.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2023
• The quasiparticles produced here, called Majorana fermions, are their own antimatter.
  — Shannon Palus, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2016
• Electron-like quasiparticles became the standard way of understanding metals.
  — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023
• In solid materials, these vibrations travel as quasiparticles known as phonons.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 12 Sep. 2023
• Wilczek has previously coined terms like axions, anyons (quasiparticles that may be useful for quantum computing) and time crystals (structures that move in regular and repeating patterns without using energy).
  — Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2018
• The quasiparticles, a concept the Department of Energy says helps scientists describe the patterns that emerge when subatomic particles interact in huge numbers, are collective excitations of many electrons in solid devices.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 10 May 2023
• Light in these materials is so strongly linked to material vibrations that the two form a single quasiparticle—a polariton—in which light and matter are strongly intertwined, offering an exciting platform for quantum technologies.
  — Andrea Alù, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2022
• As a quasiparticle in a topological superconductor, the Majorana would have superpowers useful for quantum computing.
  — Devin Powell, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2019
• Similar quasiparticles known as magnons can influence magnetic poles in magnetic materials.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2023
• Another quasiparticle could help Microsoft get closer to its quantum computer, along with an even newer topological material: the topological superconductor.
  — Devin Powell, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024