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    Optics

    Tiny ‘quantum memory’ drum stores data sent via laser as ultrasonic vibrations

    Sally Cole Johnson
    July 1, 2024
    A new way to create a quantum memory introduces optomechanical systems based on a tiny drum as an alternative to platforms such as atomic ensembles or crystals doped with rare...
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    Quantum

    Photonic topological quantum insulator makes quantum research more accessible

    Sally Cole Johnson
    June 24, 2024
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) researchers build the world’s first photonic topological quantum insulator within the strong light-matter interaction regime—and it operates...
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    Lasers & Sources

    Femtosecond laser creates ‘programmable’ optical qubits in silicon

    Sally Cole Johnson
    June 18, 2024
    In this Q&A, Kaushalya Jhuria, a postdoctoral scholar at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), shares details about her team’s recent demonstration of a method...
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    Test & Measurement

    U.S. Naval Research Lab explores cold-atom quantum inertial sensors for navigation

    Sally Cole Johnson
    June 17, 2024
    A high-performance cold-atom quantum interferometer mitigates a scattered light issue and may significantly enhance military inertial navigation systems.
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    Quantum

    Quantum technologies take off!

    Daniel Oi
    June 14, 2024
    Taking quantum technologies into space opens a universe of possibilities—including prospects for a globe-spanning space quantum internet.
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    Executive Forum

    Insights on nanotechnology solutions in research and industries

    Ivan Nikitskiy
    Jan. 16, 2024
    attocube systems AG CEO Peter Kraemer talks with EPIC’s Technology Manager for Quantum and Photonic Integrated Circuits in this Q&A.
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    Lasers & Sources

    Nontoxic colloidal quantum dots enable SWIR photodetectors, image sensors

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Jan. 10, 2024
    Researchers in Spain create nontoxic colloidal quantum dots that preserve the advantageous properties of their heavy-metal counterparts—and use them in high-performance SWIR photodetect...
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    Optics

    Patterned waveguide boosts signal amplification within perovskite nanosheets

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Jan. 9, 2024
    Researchers in South Korea demonstrate light amplification via chemically synthesized perovskite nanosheets—a new laser medium.
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    Science & Research

    National Photonics Initiative advocates for quantum funding legislation

    LFW Staff
    Nov. 10, 2023
    U.S. House Science Committee introduces National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2023 to expand critical research funding.