News tagged with entangled light

$8.5 million research initiative will study best approaches for quantum memories

The U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) has awarded $8.5 million to a consortium of seven U.S. universities that will work together to determine the best approach for generating quantum memories ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Elimination of detrimental cross-talks in single-photon detectors pushes quantum optics to new limits

Light and electric current can both be used for computing, albeit with key differences. Whereas conventional computers do logic through the movement of electrons, newer and faster computers called quantum ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Quantum optical link sets new time records

Quantum communication could be an option for the absolutely secure transfer of data. The key component in quantum communication over long distances is the special phenomenon called entanglement between two ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

All-optical quantum computation, step 1: A controlled-NOT photonic gate

(PhysOrg.com) -- The often counterintuitive quantum world of superposition, entanglement, and tunneling can greatly enhance applications as diverse as communication, information processing, and precision measurement. ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Quantum memory for communication networks of the future

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in storing quantum information using two 'entangled' light beams. Quantum memory or information storage is a necessary ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

World first for quantum memory storage

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Australian National University-led team has developed the most efficient quantum memory for light in the world, taking us closer to a future of super-fast computers and communication secured ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 24, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Physicists Demonstrate Three-Color Entanglement

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, physicists have demonstrated the quantum entanglement of three light beams, all of different wavelengths. Entanglement of two light beams of different wavelengths has already ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (25) | comments 3 feature

Post-Quantum Correlations: Exploring the Limits of Quantum Nonlocality

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to nonlocal correlations, some correlations are more nonlocal than others. As the subject of study for several decades, nonlocal correlations (for example, quantum entanglement) ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (22) | comments 20 feature

Entangled Light in Bose-Einstein Condensates

(PhysOrg.com) -- When physicists entangle light, they usually use nonlinear crystals as the source. However, it’s difficult to control the entanglement generation process in a bulk crystal, and so scientists ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 13 feature

Researchers Demonstrate 'Quantum Data Buffering' Scheme

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pushing the envelope of Albert Einstein's "spooky action at a distance," known as entanglement, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the Commerce Department's ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Physicists Propose Method for Entangling Moving Material Particles

(PhysOrg.com) -- When physicists experiment with quantum entanglement, they usually work with photons, the intangible particles of light. In the past few years, however, scientists have begun to broaden their ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (16) | comments 14 feature