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Scientists Perform Ultrafast Logic Gate on a Photon Using Semiconductor Quantum Dots

If you could peek at the inner workings of a computer processor you would see billions of transistors switching back and forth between two states. In optical communications, information from the switches can be encoded onto light, which then travels long distances through glass fiber.

2 Apr 2013

New Fiber Laser System to Produce Next Generation of Particle Accelerators

An international team of physicists has proposed a revolutionary laser system, inspired by the telecommunications technology, to produce the next generation of particle accelerators, such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

29 Mar 2013

Researchers Observe Process of Spin Collapse in Atoms by Measuring Scattered Photons

One of the most basic laws of quantum mechanics is that a system can be in more than one state – it can exist in multiple realities – at once. This phenomenon, known as the superposition principle, exists only so long as the system is not observed or measured in any way.

21 Mar 2013

BU Physicists Partner in Study on New Findings about Higgs Boson

The new particle discovered at experiments at the CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) last summer is looking more like a Higgs boson than ever before. The CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) scientists, including a number of BU physicists, released new findings about the Higgs boson last week at CERN’s Moriond Conference in La Thuile, Italy.

21 Mar 2013

Superconducting Quantum-Interference Devices Help Extract Microwave Photons out of Vacuum's Quantum Noise

The researchers conducted a mirror experiment to show that by changing the position of the mirror in a vacuum, virtual particles can be transformed into real photons that can be experimentally observed. In a vacuum, there is energy and noise, the existence of which follows the uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics.

27 Feb 2013

APS Names CQT Quantum Researcher as ‘Outstanding Referee’

CQT Research Fellow Martin Kiffner has been named an "Outstanding Referee" by the American Physical Society (APS). Starting in 2008, the society has given the award to scientists who have been "exceptionally helpful in assessing manuscripts for publication".

27 Feb 2013

QuintessenceLabs Acknowledged as One of Top Three Companies at IBM SmartCamp Global Finals

QuintessenceLabs, the leader in quantum security technology, receives an honorable mention for impressive technology at the event held in New York City, Feb 5-7.

15 Feb 2013

First-Ever Demonstration of Securing Control Data for Electric Grids Using Quantum Cryptography

Recently a Los Alamos National Laboratory quantum cryptography (QC) team successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography.

15 Feb 2013

InVisage to Commence Manufacturing of Quantumfilm Image Sensors with Series D Venture Funding

InVisage Technologies, Inc. -- a Silicon Valley-based start-up that is revolutionizing the image sensor market -- today announced it has received its Series D round of venture funding, led by GGV Capital and including Nokia Growth Partners. The undisclosed amount will be used to begin manufacturing the company's QuantumFilm image sensors, which are currently being evaluated by phone manufacturers. Devices incorporating the technology are expected to ship in Q2 2014. GGV and Nokia Growth Partners join InVisage's existing investors RockPort Capital, InterWest Partners, Intel Capital and OnPoint Technologies.

14 Feb 2013

Researchers Employ Quantum Capacitance Spectroscopy to Investigate Graphene

Writing in PNAS, University of Manchester graphene researchers found that sandwiching a layer of the wonder material between boron nitride could produce highly-accurate capacitors.

13 Feb 2013

Quantum Optics News

Scientists Perform Ultrafast Logic Gate on a Photon Using Semiconductor Quantum Dots

New Fiber Laser System to Produce Next Generation of Particle Accelerators

Researchers Observe Process of Spin Collapse in Atoms by Measuring Scattered Photons

BU Physicists Partner in Study on New Findings about Higgs Boson

Superconducting Quantum-Interference Devices Help Extract Microwave Photons out of Vacuum's Quantum Noise

APS Names CQT Quantum Researcher as ‘Outstanding Referee’

QuintessenceLabs Acknowledged as One of Top Three Companies at IBM SmartCamp Global Finals

First-Ever Demonstration of Securing Control Data for Electric Grids Using Quantum Cryptography

InVisage to Commence Manufacturing of Quantumfilm Image Sensors with Series D Venture Funding

Researchers Employ Quantum Capacitance Spectroscopy to Investigate Graphene

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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