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New High-Purity Single Photon Source for Quantum Key Distribution

Researchers have developed a new high-purity single-photon source that can operate at room temperature. The source is an important step toward practical applications of quantum technology, such as highly secure communication based on quantum key distribution (QKD).

24 Mar 2022

UNIGE Team Sets World Record by Storing a Qubit for 20 Milliseconds

Computers, smartphones, GPS: quantum physics has enabled many technological advances. It is now opening up new fields of research in cryptography (the art of coding messages) with the aim of developing ultra-secure telecommunications networks.

23 Mar 2022

Fragments of the Inside of a Proton Exhibit Maximum Quantum Entanglement

Fragments of the interior of a proton have been shown by scientists from Mexico and Poland to exhibit maximum quantum entanglement.

18 Mar 2022

Scientists Create a Device That Allows Dark States of Superconducting Circuits

Superconducting quantum bits are connected to waveguides at Gerhard Kirchmair’s laboratory at the Austrian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Innsbruck, Austria.

15 Mar 2022

Researchers Make Progress in Developing Materials for Processing Quantum Information with Light

Quantum information will revolutionize not only research and industry, but also our everyday life.

14 Mar 2022

Scientists Demonstrate Potential of Rare-Earth Molecular Crystal as a Photonic Quantum System

The ability to interact with light provides important functionalities for quantum systems, such as communicating over large distances, a key ability for future quantum computers. However, it is very difficult to find a material that can fully exploit the quantum properties of light.

10 Mar 2022