Most modern electronic devices rely on tiny, finely-tuned electrical currents to process and store information. These currents dictate how fast our computers run, how regularly our pacemakers tick and how securely our money is stored in the bank.
New laser technique images quantum world in a trillionth of a second
10 Dec2019
For the first time, researchers have been able to record, frame-by-frame, how an electron interacts with certain atomic vibrations in a solid. The technique captures a process that commonly causes electrical resistance in materials while, in others, can cause the exact opposite—the absence of resistance, or superconductivity.
QMI researchers have successfully grown a parent compound in a "quantum sandwich"
13 Nov2019
A group of researchers at Stewart Blusson QMI at the University of British Columbia have successfully grown the parent compound of a high superconducting transition temperature material (perovskite bismuthate). Strontium bismuth oxide (SrBiO 3 ) was grown in a thin film form on a strontium titanate substrate using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Experimental results were recently reported in Physical Review...
3rd Annual QMI Team Retreat
09 Oct2019
View image gallery from the 2019 QMI Retreat.
The 3rd Annual QMI Retreat took place at Loon Lake Lodge and Retreat from September 27-29, with over 130 participants from QMI research groups, technical and business operations. The purpose of this three-day event is to build a culture of collaboration and respect, while fostering a sense of pride in...
Nanofabrication Initiative receives funding from WD Canada
15 Sep2019
STEWART BLUSSON QUANTUM MATTER INSTITUTE RECEIVES $2,950,000 FROM WESTERN ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION CANADA TO SUPPORT NANOFABRICATION INITIATIVE
Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD Canada) announced on September 4, the allocation of $2,950,000 to an initiative currently in development at the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute. This federal funding will be used to help defray the cost of implementing Phase 2 of...
Quantum Pathways 2019 Wraps Up
02 Sep2019
For many Quantum Pathways students, August 30 th was their last day at QMI. Hemadri Bhotla Vasudha is a 1 st year Quantum Pathways student who had to say her farewells a little earlier than her cohorts this year as the fall semester begins in August at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi , where she is currently completing...
Stewart Blusson QMI Welcomes Alannah Hallas
31 Aug2019
In July, QMI welcomed new faculty member Alannah Hallas from Rice University. Now an Assistant Professor in the UBC Physics and Astronomy department, Hallas joined QMI to head the Quantum Materials Design Lab which is currently in its planning and development stage. Having worked in both physics and chemistry, Alannah is passionate about taking an interdisciplinary approach to the...
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New QMI Members
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Teaching
QMI Welcomes President Gonokami and University of Tokyo Delegates
17 Aug2019
On Saturday, August 17, Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (QMI) hosted the cross-institutional workshop, Quantum Materials from Frequency to Time Domain , organized by Sergey Zhdanovich and Ryo Shimano from University of Tokyo (UTokyo), with the support of Kassandra Darbel. QMI welcomed the UTokyo delegates, including President Makoto Kuwata-Gonokami, Satoru Nakatsuji, Yusuke Morita, and Ryo Shimano.
President Gonokami opened...
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Collaborations
First test measurements to characterize the performance of the QMSC beamline
05 Aug2019
Studies of quantum materials heavily rely on experimental techniques which in some cases can only be conducted at large scale facilities. Examples of such techniques are neutron-, muon-, or x-ray scattering – as well as Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES), although QMI researchers also have access to ARPES in the lab led by Andrea Damascelli . QMI groups using these...
Emerging Indigenous Scholars Learn Lab Skills at QMI
02 Aug2019
This summer, Stewart Blusson QMI had the pleasure of hosting students from the Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) Emerging Indigenous Scholars Summer School Program . The program involves several weeks of coursework in English and math, as well as a lab internship at partner institutes in the Lower Mainland, including QMI and TRIUMF.
As noted on the PIMS...