Research
Macroscopic resonant tunnelling through Andreev interferometers
Conventional electronics use electric potentials to switch currents on and off. At the nanoscale, however, this mechanism becomes energetically prohibitive and generates an amount of heat that is difficult to dissipate. Alternative mechanisms have been proposed that rely on tunable quantum interferences, however, these devices cannot carry more than a few conductance channels. This strongly limits the maximum electric current that devices based on these mechanisms can carry.
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Extreme Measures - Atom Interferometry's precision could make it the Swiss Army Knife of Physics
University of Arizona Assistant Physics Professor, Alex Cronin, is quoted in this article about the applications for atom interferometry. He is cited as "physicist Alex Cronin, an expert on the technique at the University of Arizona."
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News and Events
From the Big Bang to Dark Matter: Turning on the Large Hadron Collider
University of Arizona physicists are part of the international team working on the world's biggest scientific experiment ever.
Physicists Ready for Science with World's Most Powerful Accelerator
The University of Arizona is known for doing Big Science. It partners in the most powerful telescope projects on Earth and in space. It makes the world's largest telescope mirrors. It leads a global center tackling the toughest problems in plant biology. It directs a lander mission to Mars.
Willis E. Lamb Jr., 1955 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Dies at 94
Nobel laureate Willis E. Lamb Jr., 94, University of Arizona Regents' Professor emeritus of physics and optical sciences, died of complications arising from a gallstone disorder early Thursday, May 15, at University Medical Center.
Physics Professor wins NSF CAREER award
Physics Professor Dimitrios Psaltis will receive more than $550,000 in award money from the National Science Foundation over the next five years to study black holes.
