Quantum computers are in the focus of the next talk in BME's high-school outreach lecture series "Science Campus". Speaker: Péter Makk, experimental physicist at BME.

From our Institute, Sándor Bordács, Gergő Fülöp and Endre Tóvári won the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Congratulations!

(via MTA)

Quantum bits (qubits) emitting and absorbing photons in the telecom wavelength window (1300-1600 nm) are a key requirement for quantum communication based on fibre optics. However, the best-known, most popular solid-state qubits, such as the nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond, are active in the optical wavelength window (380-740 nm). Therefore, the recent experimental results of the BME Spin Spectroscopy research group, characterising the interaction of electrons in carbon nanotubes and telecom-wavelength photons, might be of high importance to establish novel telecom-compatible qubits. The authors believe that their findings may foster the application of carbon nanotubes in quantum technology. 

The city council of Budapest's 11th district awarded the Pro Urbe Újbuda Prize to our colleague Károly Härtlein, for his outstanding efforts in physics teaching and public outreach.

(Via ujbuda.hu and bme.hu)