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Now entering, Lithium Niobate Valley

Researchers demonstrate high-quality optical microstructures using lithium niobate

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

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Quantum coupling

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…

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Complete design of a silicon quantum computer chip unveiled

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…

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Micro-spectrometer opens door to a wealth of new smartphone functions

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

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The “Big Bang” of Nanophotonics

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…

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Researchers steer the flow of electrical current with spinning light

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…

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Hidden bridge between quantum experiments and graph theory uncovered using Melvin

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

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Nanoscale Super-Resonator Extends Light Lifetime

Scientists designed the first subwavelength dielectric resonators for light trapping at nanoscale that appears to be the…

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Superradiance of an ensemble of nuclei excited by a free electron laser

The concept of superradiance has since been verified, and, indeed, is a touchstone in the field of quantum optics. Howev…

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USTC Implements Optical Demonstration of Extensible Quantum Repeater

Quantum repeaters are essential components for ground-based remote quantum communication. Affected by factors such as at…

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Real-time observation of collective quantum modes

The quantum simulator used by the ETH researchers consists of extremely cold rubidium atoms that are exposed to several…

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Error-free into the Quantum Computer Age

The scientists introduce trapped-ion quantum error correction protocols that detect and correct processing errors

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Quantum Liquid Droplets

The experiments, published in Science, exploit a fascinating quantum effect to produce droplets of this exotic phase of matter.

The team cooled down a gas of potassium atoms to -273.15 degrees Celsius, very close to the absolute zero. Although at t…

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Quantum memory with record-breaking capacity based on laser-cooled atoms

In the Quantum Memories Laboratory at Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw a group of laser-cooled atoms has been us…

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Lambda Research Corporation Announces TracePro® 7.8.3 and the Early Visibility Release of TracePro® 2018

TracePro 7.8.3 and 2018 further enhance the most powerful and sophisticated optical analysis and design software availab…

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Jenoptik showcasing numerous new products at Photonics West 2018

Following a surge in demand over the past two years, Jenoptik's Optical Systems division will cater especially to laser material processing market with a host of new and improved products in 2018.

Four new completely fused silica F-Theta objective lenses, a fused silica beam expander for high-power laser application…

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New silicon structure opens the gate to quantum computers

The team constructed a gate that controls interactions between the electrons in a way that allows them to act as the qua…

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Columbia engineers create artificial graphene in a nanofabricated semiconductor structure

Researchers are the first to observe the electronic structure of graphene in an engineered semiconductor; finding could lead to progress in advanced optoelectronics and data processing

The team probed the electronic states of the artificial lattices by shining laser light on them and measuring the light…

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Scientists suggested using titanium nitride instead of gold in optoelectronics

An international team of scientists from Russia, Sweden and the USA suggested replacing gold and silver, which are used…

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Long-lived storage of a photonic qubit for worldwide teleportation

MPQ scientists achieve long storage times for photonic quantum bits which break the lower bound for direct teleportation in a global quantum network.

The coherence time of the stored quantum bit outlasts 100 milliseconds and therefore matches the requirement for the cre…

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