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Researchers Develop Novel Switch to Help Scientists Build Quantum Information Transmitter Networks

Using a laser to place individual rubidium atoms near the surface of a lattice of light, scientists at MIT and Harvard University have developed a new method for connecting particles — one that could help in the development of powerful quantum computing systems.

10 Apr 2014

Waveguides Coupled with Surface Plasmons Hold Promise for Quantum Computing

For years, researchers have been interested in developing quantum computers—the theoretical next generation of technology that will outperform conventional computers. Instead of holding data in bits, the digital units used by computers today, quantum computers store information in units called "qubits." One approach for computing with qubits relies on the creation of two single photons that interfere with one another in a device called a waveguide.

7 Apr 2014

Quantum Cryptography Could be Deployed in a Real Communications Network

Secure mobile communications underpin our society and through mobile phones, tablets and laptops we have become online consumers. The security of mobile transactions is obscure to most people but is absolutely essential if we are to stay protected from malicious online attacks, fraud and theft.

4 Apr 2014

Metamaterials and Quantum Cascade Structures Combined to Create Ultra-Thin Light Detectors

Subtle interactions of electrons and light make them so valuable for technology: ultra-thin systems of semiconductor layers can turn electrical voltage into light. But they can also be used the other way around and serve as light detectors.

28 Mar 2014

Quantum Networks in Quantum Optics to be Presented at University of Virginia Hoxton Lecture

Opportunities for the exploration of physical systems that have not, thus far, existed in the natural world – that’s what H. Jeff Kimble, William L. Valentine Professor and Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology, will discuss in a talk formally titled “Quantum Networks in Quantum Optics.”

26 Mar 2014

Hubble's Infrared Vision Captures Churning Region of Star Birth to Celebrate 24th Anniversary

In celebration of the 24th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have captured infrared-light images of a churning region of star birth 6,400 light-years away.

18 Mar 2014

Electrons Use Quantum Mechanical Trick to Slip through Insulating Barrier

The first room-temperature light detector that can sense the full infrared spectrum has the potential to put heat vision technology into a contact lens.

17 Mar 2014

Attosecond Technology May Help Extend Domain of Electron Metrology into Optical Frequency Range

Light waves have the potential to boost the efficiency of conventional electronics by a factor of 100,000. In a review article that appears in “Nature Photonics” on March 14th, Prof. Ferenc Krausz of the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics (LAP) at the Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and his co-author Prof. Mark Stockman of Georgia State University (GSU) in Atlanta describe how this vision may one day come true.

13 Mar 2014

SLAC’s LCLS X-ray Laser Helps Measure Magnetic Changes in Potential Material for Data Storage

An experiment at SLAC’s X-ray laser has revealed the first atomic-scale details of a new technique that could point the way to faster data storage in smartphones, laptops and other devices.

10 Mar 2014

New Findings Contrast Sharply with Previous Knowledge About Light and Photons

A team of researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan has identified unexpected dynamic properties of a type of light wave called evanescent waves. These surprising findings contrast sharply with previous knowledge about light and photons.

7 Mar 2014

Quantum Optics News

Researchers Develop Novel Switch to Help Scientists Build Quantum Information Transmitter Networks

Waveguides Coupled with Surface Plasmons Hold Promise for Quantum Computing

Quantum Cryptography Could be Deployed in a Real Communications Network

Metamaterials and Quantum Cascade Structures Combined to Create Ultra-Thin Light Detectors

Quantum Networks in Quantum Optics to be Presented at University of Virginia Hoxton Lecture

Hubble's Infrared Vision Captures Churning Region of Star Birth to Celebrate 24th Anniversary

Electrons Use Quantum Mechanical Trick to Slip through Insulating Barrier

Attosecond Technology May Help Extend Domain of Electron Metrology into Optical Frequency Range

SLAC’s LCLS X-ray Laser Helps Measure Magnetic Changes in Potential Material for Data Storage

New Findings Contrast Sharply with Previous Knowledge About Light and Photons

Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

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LabOne Q: An Intuitive Software Framework for Scalable Quantum Computing

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Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

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