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    Ph.D. student Zane Peterkovic with a photon-counting camera; the screen behind displays the improvement in quality possible with camera optimization.
    With advancing camera technology, wide-field photodetectors with photon-level sensitivity can provide super-resolution, single-molecule tracking, computational imaging, and quantum...
    April 21, 2025
    Credit: think-design/Jochen Thamm
    Quantum tornado within momentum space: Quantum material tantalum arsenide’s electrons form vortices within momentum space—a physics concept used to analyze how electrons behave within solids. Work by researchers from the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat at Würzberg and Dresden recently provided the first experimental evidence of these quantum tornadoes.
    Scientists experimentally show electrons form vortices, tornado-like structures, within momentum space—and it’s a milestone for quantum materials research.
    April 17, 2025
    Credit: Pedro Ornelas
    Two entangled photons, A and B, are engineered to be topological. After passing through a noisy real-world system, the entanglement decays but the topology remains intact.
    Advances in topology work reveal its promise as a tool to embed information into quantum light as well as read it out—forming the basis for a topological alphabet.
    April 14, 2025
    Credit: Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    Shubhadeep Biswas, then-SLAC project scientist (left), and Matthias Kling, professor of photon science and applied physics at Stanford University and the director of the Science, Research and Development Division at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source (the laser isn’t on).
    The first attosecond measurement of how electrons excited by ultrafast light pulses dance in unison around a particle—less than a nanometer in diameter—demonstrates valuable insights...
    April 9, 2025
    The team—left to right: Qinmiao Chen, Randy Stefan Tanuwijaya, Jensen Li, and Tailin An—with their optical setup.
    Quantum optics and advanced nanophotonics combo enables precise control of entangled holographic information.
    March 28, 2025
    GQI uses a rigorous, data-driven approach to map the quantum ecosystem—systematically tracking over 1,800 quantum technology entities to elucidate the complex network of interrelationships driving field advancements.
    Photonics goes beyond merely enabling quantum advances and becomes one of its core industries.
    Feb. 12, 2025
    (Image credit: IDTechEx)
    FIGURE 1. Overview of the quantum communications market, which is expected to reach $1.2 billion within the next decade for hardware alone.
    Quantum technology is poised to become a revolutionary new threat to data security but, at the same time, offers a way to better protect it.
    Feb. 5, 2025
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    Balancing quantum resilience with eco-consciousness, Vogon Cloud is designed for a future where technology and sustainability go hand in hand.
    Dec. 20, 2024