Abstract The atomic clocks, whether operating at optical or microwave region, can be divided into two categories according to their working mode, namely the passive clocks and active clocks. The passive clocks, whose standard frequency is locked to an ultra-narrow atomic spectral line, such as laser cooled Cs beam or lattice trapped Sr atoms, depend on the spontaneous emission line. On the contrary, the active clocks, in which the atoms are used as the gain medium, are based on the stimulated e

Abstract Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) was built to demonstrate high-power, long-pulse operations under fusion-relevant conditions, with major radius R = 1.9 m, minor radius a = 0.5 m, and design pulse length up to 1000s. It has an ITER-like D-shaped cross-section with two symmetric divertors at the top and bottom, accommodating both single null and double null divertor configurations. EAST construction was started in 2000, and its first plasma was successfully obtained i

Abstract Squeezed vacuum state of light is an important concept of quantum optics which has an uncertainty reduction in a specific quadrature compared to the coherent vacuum state. The coherent Ising machines (CIMs) based on the squeezed state are capable of searching the ground state of the Ising model, which can be used to solve combinatorial optimization problems and have been experimentally demonstrated to have excellent computational performance. This review introduces the recent progress

5 Professor Nicole Bell Named Australian Institute of Physics President by AIP Nicole Bell, President of the Australian Institute of Physics University of Melbourne Professor Nicole Bell has been appointed President of the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP). The AIP is the national professional body for Australian physics, dedicated to promoting the role of physics in research, education, industry and the community. This appointment recognises Professor Bell’s leadership and contributions to

4 The Physical Society of Japan: 4th (2023) Fumiko Yonezawa Memorial Prize by JPS Fumiko Yonezawa 1938–2019 The late Fumiko Yonezawa, emeritus professor of Keio University, made major contributions to physics, such as the development of the coherent potential approximation, and the theory of the metal–insulator transition in liquid selenium. Prof. Yonezawa served as the first female president of the Physical Society of Japan (JPS) and as the president of the Society for Women Scientists for a B

3 The Physical Society of Japan Announces the Recipients of the 28th Outstanding Paper Award by JPS In recognition of important achievements toward progress in physics, the Physical Society of Japan (JPS) annually selects outstanding papers from among original research articles published in the Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, Progress of Theoretical Physics, Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, and JPS Conference Proceedings. The selection committee has chosen four papers

2 2022 Prizes Awarded by Chinese Physical Society by Hong-Hao Zhang (CPS) At the 2022 fall meeting of the Chinese Physical Society (CPS) held in Southern University of Science and Technology, 5 prizes were awarded to 9 physicists. They are The 2022 HU Gang-fu (HU Kang-fuh) Prize (for Experimental Techniques) Award by Chen Hui (The Associate Researcher at Institute of Physics CAS). The 2022 HU Gang-fu (HU Kang-fuh) Prize (for Experimental Techniques) Award by Yang Jian-cheng (Member of the Insti

1 AC2MP 2022 Meeting/Conference Report by AAPPS DCMP The Asia–Pacific Conference on Condensed Matter Physics (AC2MP) 2022 took place in Sendai, Japan in a hybrid format on November 21–23, 2022. The second annual meeting was jointly organized by the AAPPS-Division of Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) and the Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University. In 2022, the 15th Asia Pacific Physics Conference (APPC15) was held in the summer. Consequently, AC2MP focused on three main topics: applic