Using numerical simulations, the researchers found that this unconventional type of conductivity, which is believed to t…

he device has demonstrated an efficient on-chip shaping of photons enabled by nanomechanics driven at microwave frequenc…

Optical processing comes at a pivotal time of change in computing. Demand for AI is exploding just as silicon-based proc…

The research team used two stacked nanophotonic structures just several tens ofnanometers thick to adjust the re…

Unique Weyl semimetal delivers largest intrinsic conversion of light to electricity

Typically, light is converted to electricity by chemically altering a semiconductor to have a built-in electric field. A…

Scientists at Aalto University and VTT have developed a faster way to read information out of qubits, the basic building blocks of a quantum computer

The new method applies an extra microwave pulse at the same time to the qubit itself, as well as to the circuit attached…

The quantum world is notoriously complex, its multiple layers and miniscule components eluding standard analytical approaches.

Their experiment simultaneously determined two complementary polarization properties of a single photon and achieved the…

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A team of Cambridge researchers have found a way to control the sea of nuclei in semiconductor quantum dots so they can operate as a quantum memory device.

They then showed they can control and manipulate the thousands of nuclei as if they form a single body in unison, like a…

In their new experiment, the researchers were now able to demonstrate that single polaritons – and hence, indirectly, th…

NIST researchers develop a novel chip-based device for quantum communication.

For the first time, the team created quantum-correlated pairs made up of one visible and one near-infrared photon using…

The photons interact with electron-hole pairs in the semiconductor, forming new chimeric particles called polaritons tha…

By employing ultra-short mid-infrared and terahertz pulses of less than one trillionth of a second, researchers at Ames…

Supported by pre-seed investor RAPH2INVEST, they have launched QuiX with the aim to create the fastest way to a quantum…

An international team of researchers from Aalto University and Université Paris-Sud has significantly improved the propagation of data inside a microchip

Light is a more energy efficient and faster way of transferring data than electricity. Until now, the rapid attenuation…

Nanoscribe showcases production processes from 3D printed polymer masters to series replication at SPIE Photonics West 2019

Nanoscribe’s new Photonic Professional GT2 3D printers change the way to produce micro-optical components. This additive…

Ceramic substrates and graphene as a scalable and mechanically flexible platform for optical detection in the infrared

The Optoelectronics research group led by ICREA Valerio Pruneri studies and develops new advanced materials and devices…

Researchers describe a laser capable of emitting light quiet enough to move demanding scientific applications to the chip scale

In the cover article of the January 2019 issue of Nature Photonics, researchers at UC Santa Barbara and their collaborat…

Spintronics could be faster and more reliable than conventional electronics, as these devices use less power

JILA researchers have measured hundreds of individual quantum energy levels in the buckyball, a spherical cage of 60 car…