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This breakthrough demonstrates a plasmonic metacrystal made from gold that sustains quantum behaviors like photon filtering at room temperature by leveraging light-matter interactions rather than electron-based systems. By shifting focus to photons and engineered meta-atoms, the material overcomes typical thermal disruptions, potentially enabling practical applications for quantum devices outside of cryogenic environments without relying on AI or machine learning methodologies.
The First Room - Temperature Quantum Material of Its Kind Is Spun From Atoms of Gold

Materials in a quantum state come with exotic properties that bend the laws of physics and offer huge potential to scientists – but they're usually also incredibly delicate, and require ultra-low temperatures to exist and function. That presents a problem when it comes to making the most of these materials and their characteristics: they need to move out of large lab refrigerators. We're now another step towards that being possible.…
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