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Singlet Fission Holds Promise for Improved Solar Cells

Solar cells offer the opportunity to harvest abundant, renewable energy. Although the highest energy light occurs in the ultraviolet and visible spectrum, most solar energy is in the infrared.

18 Nov 2013

Novel Device Leaves Photon Untouched Upon Detection

Light is of fundamental importance. It allows us to see the world around us and record pictures of our environment. It enables communication over long distances through optical fibers. All current methods of detecting light share a common property: absorption and thus destruction of a photon. It has been a long-standing dream to be able to watch individual photons fly by without absorbing them.

18 Nov 2013

Waterloo Quantum Physicists Named Canada Research Chairs

Two scientists from the University of Waterloo have been named Canada Research Chairs by the Government of Canada for their work in quantum physics.

16 Nov 2013

Physicists Successfully Generate Single Color Quantum Light Particles for Quantum Information Applications

Physicists at the University of Basel have been successful in generating photons - the quantum particles of light – with only one color. This is useful for quantum information. The scientists have actively stabilized the wavelength of the photons emitted by a semiconductor thereby neutralizing the charge noise in the semiconductor.

5 Nov 2013

Quasar Light Method for Measuring Cosmic Distances Wins Lundbeck Foundation Research Prize

Darach Watson has been awarded the Lundbeck Foundation Research Prize for Young Scientists for his outstanding and innovative research in astrophysics, where he has developed a groundbreaking method for measuring distances in the cosmos using the light from distant quasars. The result was selected by Physics World as one of the year’s most important breakthroughs in physics.

4 Nov 2013

TU Vienna Sets New World Record for Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser

Terahertz waves are invisible, but incredibly useful; they can penetrate many materials which are opaque to visible light and they are perfect for detecting a variety of molecules. Terahertz radiation can be produced using tiny quantum cascade lasers, only a few millimetres wide. This special kind of lasers consists of tailor made semiconductor layers on a nanometer scale.

31 Oct 2013

Hofstadter-Harper and Quantum Spin Hall Hamiltonian Implemented Using Neutral Atom Crystal

After more than 40 years of intense research, experimental physicists still seek to explore the rich behaviour of electrons confined to a two-dimensional crystalline structure exposed to large magnetic fields. Now a team of scientists around Prof. Immanuel Bloch (Chair for Experimental Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich and Director at MPQ) in collaboration with the theoretical physicist Dr. Belén Paredes (CSIC/UAM Madrid) developed a new experimental method to simulate these systems using a crystal made of neutral atoms and laser light.

30 Oct 2013

Texas A&M Invests $10.8 Million to Boost Multidisciplinary Quantum Biophotonics Research

A three-year, $10.8 million investment by the Texas A&M University System is set to provide a major boost to multidisciplinary quantum biophotonics research across the Texas A&M University campus.

29 Oct 2013

ETH Quantum Optics Group Precisely Simulates Behavior of Thermoelectric Materials

Converting heat directly into power could be a major source of renewable energy. A novel approach to study this so called thermoelectricity may help to design new materials that are highly efficient. In an experiment with cold atoms trapped by lasers at ETH Zurich an international group of physicists precisely simulates the behavior of thermoelectric materials.

25 Oct 2013

Researchers Squeeze Higher Light Modes into Nanofiber with Unprecedented Efficiency and Purity

Light can be confined inside a reflective medium—a stream of water, a thread of glass fiber. In fiber optics, the light moves, trapped in a glass strand via the mechanism of total internal reflection. Light “totally” bounces at the surfaces, back and forth, carrying information over vast distances.

25 Oct 2013

Quantum Optics News

Singlet Fission Holds Promise for Improved Solar Cells

Novel Device Leaves Photon Untouched Upon Detection

Waterloo Quantum Physicists Named Canada Research Chairs

Physicists Successfully Generate Single Color Quantum Light Particles for Quantum Information Applications

Quasar Light Method for Measuring Cosmic Distances Wins Lundbeck Foundation Research Prize

TU Vienna Sets New World Record for Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser

Hofstadter-Harper and Quantum Spin Hall Hamiltonian Implemented Using Neutral Atom Crystal

Texas A&M Invests $10.8 Million to Boost Multidisciplinary Quantum Biophotonics Research

ETH Quantum Optics Group Precisely Simulates Behavior of Thermoelectric Materials

Researchers Squeeze Higher Light Modes into Nanofiber with Unprecedented Efficiency and Purity

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

SideKick QCL Controller: Low-Noise Laser Control Solution

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

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

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