Research
Installation of new supercomputers for simulation and AI
The Center for National High-Performance Computing at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (NHR@FAU) has ordered the installation of two supercomputers. With the new high tech devices, the NHR location in northern Bavaria is continuing to grow, providing researchers from the whole of Germany with even more performance capacity.
Superconductors at room temperature?
Quantum materials change their properties when they interact with light. Optical cavities, for example, allow the electrical conductivity of quantum materials to be manipulated in a targeted manner. Physicists at FAU are investigating this enormous potential for electronics, energy storage and quantum computing.
FAU researchers use optical cavities in order to control the electrical conductivity of materials
When materials are forced to interact with light, their properties can change fundamentally. In a study, researchers at FAU and the University of Trieste demonstrated that tantalum sulfide, a metallic quantum material, can be switched from an electrical conductor to an insulator in optical cavities.
