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Quantum Effects in Plasmonic Aluminum Stronger When in the Form of Nanomatryushkas

Humble aluminum’s plasmonic properties may make it far more valuable than gold and silver for certain applications, according to new research by Rice University scientists.

4 Dec 2013

Photon Pairs Produced Through Four-Wave Mixing in Cold Atomic Vapour

Quantum technologies for communication and computation can play on the strengths of different systems: photons are good for zipping information around, atoms are good for storage. CQT researchers have demonstrated a technique for producing entangled photon pairs that promises to help interface the two.

3 Dec 2013

Innovative Research on Cavity Optomechanics and Optical Frequency Combs Wins ICO Prize 2013

Tobias Kippenberg has received the 2013 International Commission for Optics (ICO) prize, an important international award presented each year to an outstanding researcher under the age of 40 in the field of optics.

29 Nov 2013

Quantum Matter Waves Made of Rubidium Atoms Controlled to Mimic Magnets

Magnets have fascinated mankind for millenia. From the Greek philosophers to scientists of the modern era, which saw the rise of quantum mechanics, magnets have been pondered and investigated.

28 Nov 2013

Rice University Researchers Report Superfluorescent Bursts from Quantum Wells

Spontaneous bursts of light from a solid block illuminate the unusual way interacting quantum particles behave when they are driven far from equilibrium. The discovery by Rice University scientists of a way to trigger these flashes may lead to new telecommunications equipment and other devices that transmit signals at picosecond speeds.

26 Nov 2013

Researchers Exploit Decay to Create Entanglement of Atomic Systems

Usually, when researchers work with quantum information, they do everything they can to prevent the information from decaying. Now researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, among others, have flipped things around and are exploiting the decay to create the so-called entanglement of atomic systems, which is the foundation for quantum information processing. The results are published in the scientific journal, Nature.

25 Nov 2013

NIST Experiment Shows How Quantum Computing Can Benefit from Lost Data

Suggesting that quantum computers might benefit from losing some data, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have entangled—linked the quantum properties of—two ions by leaking judiciously chosen information to the environment.

25 Nov 2013

Quantum Cowboy Teaches Physics on 1,000 Acre Farm

On 1,000 acres of verdant grass and dirt trails 35 miles north of Bryan and strewn with some 200 cows and calves, world-renowned Texas A&M University quantum physicist Marlan Scully is cultivating a vision befitting his nickname, "the Quantum Cowboy" -- a farm where he combines cutting-edge laser research with student teaching, from the latest in science to more efficient farming.

22 Nov 2013

Singlet Fission Holds Promise for Improved Solar Cells

Solar cells offer the opportunity to harvest abundant, renewable energy. Although the highest energy light occurs in the ultraviolet and visible spectrum, most solar energy is in the infrared.

18 Nov 2013

Novel Device Leaves Photon Untouched Upon Detection

Light is of fundamental importance. It allows us to see the world around us and record pictures of our environment. It enables communication over long distances through optical fibers. All current methods of detecting light share a common property: absorption and thus destruction of a photon. It has been a long-standing dream to be able to watch individual photons fly by without absorbing them.

18 Nov 2013

Quantum Optics News

Quantum Effects in Plasmonic Aluminum Stronger When in the Form of Nanomatryushkas

Photon Pairs Produced Through Four-Wave Mixing in Cold Atomic Vapour

Innovative Research on Cavity Optomechanics and Optical Frequency Combs Wins ICO Prize 2013

Quantum Matter Waves Made of Rubidium Atoms Controlled to Mimic Magnets

Rice University Researchers Report Superfluorescent Bursts from Quantum Wells

Researchers Exploit Decay to Create Entanglement of Atomic Systems

NIST Experiment Shows How Quantum Computing Can Benefit from Lost Data

Quantum Cowboy Teaches Physics on 1,000 Acre Farm

Singlet Fission Holds Promise for Improved Solar Cells

Novel Device Leaves Photon Untouched Upon Detection

Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

LabOne Q: An Intuitive Software Framework for Scalable Quantum Computing

ORCA-Quest qCMOS Camera by Hamamatsu

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Repeat-Until-Success Algorithm for Quantum Gate Decomposition

Researchers Exploit the Color Centers in Diamond to Enhance Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Processes for NMR Applications

Application of Electro-Optic Phase Modulator in Pound-Drever Hall Technique for Laser Frequency Stabilization

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Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

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2Researchers Achieve Major Advancement in Quantum Technology

3Quantum Linear Solvers for Redundant Baseline Calibration

4Quantum Observer Paradox: Extending Measurement Disturbance

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