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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit. 

At MDPI, we are proud to have been entrusted over the years with the distribution of works by more than 40 Nobel laureates. John M. Martinis (Nobel Prize in Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) has published in MDPI's Journal of Nuclear Engineering in May 2025. 

Article published with MDPI
Performance Characteristics of the Battery-Operated Silicon PIN Diode Detector with an Integrated Preamplifier and Data Acquisition Module for Fusion Particle Detection
Authors: Chen, A.X.; Sigal, B.F.; Martinis, J.; Wong, A.Y.; Gunn, A.; Salazar, M.; Abdalla, N.; Xiao, K.-J.J.
Nucl. Eng. 2025, 6(2), 15.

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“The EPR-Bell Experiments: The Role of Counterfactuality and Probability in the Context of Actually Conducted Experiments”
by Anthony J. Leggett
Philosophies 2024, 9(5), 133; https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies9050133

“The Unsettled Number: Hubble’s Tension”
by Jorge L. Cervantes-Cota, Salvador Galindo-Uribarri and George F. Smoot
Universe 2023, 9(12), 501; https://doi.org/10.3390/universe9120501

“Time-Dependent, Two-Photon Rabi Frequency Shift Observed in Multi-Frequency Raman Spectra”
by Zujun Xu, Zhiyu Jin and Donna Strickland
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(18), 10488; https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810488

“Long-Cavity M-Plane GaN-Based Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers with a Topside Monolithic Curved Mirror”
by Nathan C. Palmquist, Ryan Anderson, Jared A. Kearns, Joonho Back, Emily Trageser, Stephen Gee, Steven P. Denbaars and Shuji Nakamura
Photonics 2023, 10(6), 646; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10060646

“A Review on the Progress of AlGaN Tunnel Homojunction Deep-Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diodes”
by Kengo Nagata, Taichi Matsubara, Yoshiki Saito, Keita Kataoka, Tetsuo Narita, Kayo Horibuchi, Maki Kushimoto, Shigekazu Tomai, Satoshi Katsumata, Hiroshi Amano et al.
Crystals 2023, 13(3), 524; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13030524

“Temperature Field, Flow Field, and Temporal Fluctuations Thereof in Ammonothermal Growth of Bulk GaN—Transition from Dissolution Stage to Growth Stage Conditions”
by Saskia Schimmel, Daisuke Tomida, Tohru Ishiguro, Yoshio Honda, Shigefusa F. Chichibu and Hiroshi Amano
Materials 2023, 16(5), 2016; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16052016

“AnaBHEL (Analog Black Hole Evaporation via Lasers) Experiment: Concept, Design, and Status”
by Pisin Chen, Gerard Mourou, Marc Besancon, Yuji Fukuda, Jean-Francois Glicenstein, Jiwoo Nam, Ching-En Lin, Kuan-Nan Lin, Shu-Xiao Liu, Yung-Kun Liu et al.
Photonics 2022, 9(12), 1003; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics9121003

“Two-Dimensional Quantum Dots: From Photoluminescence to Biomedical Applications”
by Mariana C. F. Costa, Sergio G. Echeverrigaray, Daria V. Andreeva, Kostya S. Novoselov and Antonio H. Castro Neto
Solids 2022, 3(4), 578-602; https://doi.org/10.3390/solids3040037

“Quantum Clones inside Black Holes”
by Gerard ’t Hooft
Universe 2022, 8(10), 537; https://doi.org/10.3390/universe8100537

“High-Energy Computed Tomography as a Prospective Tool for In Situ Monitoring of Mass Transfer Processes inside High-Pressure Reactors—A Case Study on Ammonothermal Bulk Crystal Growth of Nitrides including GaN”
by Saskia Schimmel, Michael Salamon, Daisuke Tomida, Steffen Neumeier, Tohru Ishiguro, Yoshio Honda, Shigefusa F. Chichibu and Hiroshi Amano
Materials 2022, 15(17), 6165; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15176165

“Demonstration of III-Nitride Red LEDs on Si Substrates via Strain-Relaxed Template by InGaN Decomposition Layer”
by Vincent Rienzi, Jordan Smith, Norleakvisoth Lim, Hsun-Ming Chang, Philip Chan, Matthew S. Wong, Michael J. Gordon, Steven P. DenBaars and Shuji Nakamura
Crystals 2022, 12(8), 1144; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12081144

“Laser Beat-Wave Acceleration near Critical Density”
by Ernesto Barraza-Valdez, Toshiki Tajima, Donna Strickland and Dante E. Roa
Photonics 2022, 9(7), 476; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics9070476

“Ultrafast Fiber Technologies for Compact Laser Wake Field in Medical Application”
by Weijian Sha, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup and Gérard Mourou
Photonics 2022, 9(6), 423; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics9060423

“Fiber-Optic Based Laser Wakefield Accelerated Electron Beams and Potential Applications in Radiotherapy Cancer Treatments”
by Dante Roa, Jeffrey Kuo, Harry Moyses, Peter Taborek, Toshiki Tajima, Gerard Mourou and Fuyuhiko Tamanoi
Photonics 2022, 9(6), 403; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics9060403

“Progress of InGaN-Based Red Micro-Light Emitting Diodes”
by Panpan Li, Hongjian Li, Matthew S. Wong, Philip Chan, Yunxuan Yang, Haojun Zhang, Mike Iza, James S. Speck, Shuji Nakamura and Steven P. Denbaars
Crystals 2022, 12(4), 541; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12040541