CREATING THE QUANTUM FUTURE WITH MATERIALS & LIGHT
The rules of quantum mechanics are more than just a curiosity: they’re becoming the foundation of real-world technologies, like ultra-powerful computers, perfectly secure communication systems, and ultra-capable sensors, that go far beyond what today’s technologies can do.
Columbia Scientists Are Making This New Quantum Future a Reality
Building this future requires systems that behave in uniquely quantum ways, like materials that can conduct electricity with no resistance, sense tiny changes in magnetic fields, and combine with light itself.
At Columbia, we are exploring entirely new kinds of matter and devising new devices that will enable the next generation of breakthroughs—from curing diseases to securing global communications to tackling climate change…and more.
Recent News
In Phys.org | Photoexcitation flips 2D moiré devices from metals to insulators in ultrafast test
Researchers at Columbia University, in collaboration with UC Riverside, recently demonstrated an ultrafast photo-induced metal-to-insulator transition in two-dimensional (2D) moiré heterostructures.
Quantum Q&A With Graduate Luca Nashabeh
The Churchill scholar and Columbia College ‘26 graduate reflects on his time at Columbia.
In Physics Magazine | Light-Induced Tuning of Twisted Quantum Materials
A laser-based approach rapidly injects charge into moiré materials and drives metal-to-insulator transitions.