Electrons inside crystals interact closely with phonons, defined as the discrete unit of crystal vibrations. The electron–phonon coupling strength is an important fundamental physical quantity in ...

a, Schematic representation of the coupling of material and field states producing hybrid light-matter polariton states P⁺ and P⁻. We explore here whether the formation of phonon-polaritons can modify ...

An international team of researchers has discovered that the quantum particles responsible for the vibrations of materials—which influence their stability and various other properties—can be ...

Phonons are the quantum units of mechanical vibration. They describe how motion propagates through a solid at the smallest possible scales, in much the same way that electrons describe electric ...

Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated, for the first time, a single quantum of vibrational energy interacting with a single ...

Device could help link different quantum systems, supporting advances in computing and secure communication. (Nanowerk News) Researchers have created a chip-based device that can split phonons — tiny ...

Quantum acoustic milestone: Harvard researchers achieved the first interaction between a single phonon and a single atomic spin qubit in diamond. Why sound matters: Phonons can store quantum ...