A Breakthrough in Optical Tweezers Technology: Capturing an Erbium Atom with 14 Valence Electrons Opens New Avenues for Quantum Science Research

A Breakthrough in Optical Tweezers Technology: Capturing an Erbium Atom with 14 Valence Electrons Opens New Avenues for Quantum Science ResearchA research team at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, has achieved a significant breakthrough in quantum science. They have, for the first time, successfully trapped a single erbium atom with 14 valence electrons using optical tweezers, publishing their findings in the November 26th issue of Physical Review Letters...

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