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Optical Components in Photonic Chip can also Perform Quantum Operations

A photonic chip including not less than 128 tunable components appears to be a true “Swiss army knife” with a wide range of applications.

18 Jul 2019

Researchers Achieve First Two-Qubit Gate Between Silicon Atom Qubits

A team of physicists led by UNSW Sydney has developed a super-fast version of the major building block of a quantum computer. The study is the landmark outcome of a vision first proposed by scientists two decades earlier.

18 Jul 2019

Majorana-Photons Could Lead to Improved Information on Quantum-Level Transition

Robert R. Alfano, City College of New York (CCNY) Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering¸ is regarded as a pioneer by Photonics Media for his earlier findings on supercontinuum and Cr tunable lasers.

18 Jul 2019

NIST Physicists Upgrade Their Quantum Logic Clock Design to Reduce Errors

The quantum logic clock, which is well known for showing a person to age faster upon standing on a stool, has returned to the superior performance grades of the world’s experimental atomic clocks.

18 Jul 2019

Study Presents Experimental Evidence for First-Ever 3D Quantum Spin Liquid

The existence of a three-dimensional “quantum spin liquid” has not been proved so far due to lack of techniques.

18 Jul 2019

New Two-Qudit Gate Helps Manipulate Quantum Information More Reliably

Quantum information processing assures to be much quicker and more secure when compared to what is achieved by the existing supercomputers, but it is not yet a reality as its building blocks—qubits—are extremely unstable.

18 Jul 2019

Numerical Simulations Used to Reproduce Formation of Merging Galaxies

In 1785, William Herschel observed a clear night sky using his own telescope as usual. However, that night, he discovered a very strange celestial object in Corvus—the Antennae Galaxy.

18 Jul 2019

Study Reveals Limitations in Potential Quantum Computing Material

Quantum computers have the potential to carry out important operations that are considered to be impossible for current technology.

18 Jul 2019

New Data Indicates Greater Density of Stars in the Milky Way

Complementary observations by space- and ground-based telescopes and data from the Gaia mission (European Space Agency, ESA) were integrated to make the first-ever direct measurement of the bar-shaped group of stars located at the middle of the Milky Way galaxy

18 Jul 2019