New approach yields long-lasting configurations that could provide long-sought “qubit” material.

Researchers have taken an important step toward the long-sought goal of a quantum computer, which in theory should be ca…

Physicists working with researcher Oriol Romero-Isart devised a new simple scheme to theoretically generate arbitrarily short and focused electromagnetic fields. This new tool could be used for precise sensing and in microscopy.

The physicists in Innsbruck were able to confirm their analytical calculations with numerical simulations. They showed t…

Australian lab part of IT giant's ramped-up quantum computing bid

The focus of Professor Reilly and his team at Station Q Sydney is to bring quantum computing out of the laboratory and i…

Finding could provide the vehicle for carrying ‘qubits’ of data in quantum computing

In the experiment, Majorana particles traveled along the insulator’s edges in a distinct braid-like pattern. The researc…

These quasi-particles were then optically controlled using a laser to access the electrons occupying specific

Strong light-matter coupling in these semiconducting tubes may hold the key to electrically pumped lasers

These particles may pave the way for new light sources, so-called electrically pumped polariton lasers, that could be ma…

The team will explore a fundamentally new approach for concentrating light called

Quantum computers could be a step closer to practical use thanks to the work of an international team led by University of Surrey scientists.

The study, published in Nature Communications, reports that the scientists were successful in manipulating atoms of phos…

The NBI-researchers used laser light to link caesium atoms and a vibrating membrane. The research, the first of its kind…

Existence of such peculiar photons was theoretically predicted about 25 years ago. Nowadays, such photons can be readily…

All-dielectric nanophotonics: The quest for better materials and fabrication techniques

Their systematic study produced results that can optimize the use of known materials for building optical nanodevices, a…

Rice University professor developing plasmon–powered devices for medicine, security, solar cells

In a nanoscale prototype Naik developed as a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, custom-designed pylons that…

Brown University researchers have developed a new kind of polarizing beamsplitter for terahertz radiation, which could prove useful in imaging and communications systems.

The technique uses stacks of carefully spaced metal plates to make a polarizing beamsplitter, a device that splits a bea…

The optical flytrap described in the newly-published research is a small elastomer strip, less than one centimetre in le…

The invention can be used to connect these processors with optical wires that will transmit data between processers thou…

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH ENGINEERS CREATE BRIGHTER, FULL-COLOR HOLOGRAMS THAT CAN BE VIEWED WITH LOW LIGHT

The team led by electrical and computer engineering associate professor Rajesh Menon has discovered a way to create inex…

Prisms offer a wide wavelength range from 350 - 2.200 nm

The prisms are manufactured using an N-BK7 substrate and feature a high precision 40-20 surface quality

Team of LMU/MPQ-scientists closes last “loopholes” for advocates of “local realism”

In each lab, a single rubidium atom is caught in an optical trap and excited to emit a single photon. That way, the spin…

An exotic interaction between light and metal can be harnessed to make chemical reactions more sustainable, but the phys…

When it comes to optical fiber applications, preserving the properties of light is crucial. There are two principal para…