By encoding two extra synthetic dimensions into the complex geometric structure of the waveguides, the researchers were…

When a laser vaporizes a small piece of the frozen target about the size of a dimple on a golf ball, the vapor travels u…

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated that quantum physics might enable co…

Ground-breaking lens opens new possibilities in virtual and augmented reality

Focusing the entire visible spectrum and white light – combination of all the colors of the spectrum — is so challenging…

The paper describes work on optical information processing, such as switching or light polarization control using light…

Featuring Mohs 9 hardness which is second only to diamond, these optically clear domes resist fast moving sand, salt wat…

Physicists publish in the research journal ‘Science’

Atoms emit electrons when a material is irradiated with light at a sufficiently high frequency. Previously, physics had…

The team demonstrates that using their “designer” quantum dots, they can achieve light amplification in a nanocrystal solid with direct-current electrical pumping.

These results demonstrate the feasibility of a new generation of highly flexible, electrically pumped lasers processible…

The breakthrough derives from the use of low-cost–off-the-shelf components, such as a CMOS image sensor, LED and

ILT's researchers teamed up with Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF in Freiburg and fellow Aachen-…

New experiments demonstrate a more efficient and scalable method for using dark excitons in quantum information processing

As a promising quantum bit, or qubit, it can store information in its spin state, analogous to how a regular, classical…

Targeted creation and control of photons: This should succeed thanks to a new design for optical antennas developed by Würzburg scientists.

The form of these optical antennas has previously been inspired by established models from radio communication and radio…

In their experiment, single two-level atoms are prepared in the same quantum superposition state and then made to traver…

Researchers demonstrate high-quality optical microstructures using lithium niobate

Researchers have developed a technique to fabricate high-performance optical microstructures using lithium niobate, open…

Tübingen University physicists are the first to link atoms and superconductors in key step towards new hardware for quantum computers and Networks.

The hybrid quantum system combines nature’s smallest quantum electronic building blocks – atoms – with artificial circui…

A reimagining of today’s computer chips by UNSW engineers shows how a quantum computer can be manufactured – using mostly standard silicon technology.

The new chip design, published in the journal Nature Communications, details a novel architecture that allows quantum ca…

The Eindhoven researchers developed an ingenious sensor that is able to make such precise measurements in an entirely di…

The prestigious scientific journal ‘Science’ announces a groundbreaking scientific discovery that demonstrates a photonic “Big Bang” in a Technion laboratory.

The discovery demonstrates the transition from an orderly physical system to a disorderly system in optics on a nano-sca…

Discovery could improve microelectronics and optical communication

In new research, scientists at the University of Minnesota used a first-of-its-kind device to demonstrate a way to contr…

An answer to a quantum-physical question provided by the algorithm Melvin has uncovered a hidden link between quantum ex…