Controlling and manipulating the interaction of light with nanostructures offers the promise of new and innovative technological applications ranging from nanolasers and sensors to quantum computing. However, in spite of ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 27, 2017
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With leading corporations now investing in highly expensive and complex infrastructures to unleash the power of quantum technologies, INRS researchers have achieved a breakthrough in a light-weight photonic system created ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 28, 2017
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Ordinarily, light particles—photons—don't interact. If two photons collide in a vacuum, they simply pass through each other.
Quantum Physics
Jun 19, 2017
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University of Toronto (U of T) researchers have demonstrated a way to increase the resolution of microscopes and telescopes beyond long-accepted limitations by tapping into previously neglected properties of light. The method ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 15, 2017
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Nuclear spin tomography is an application in medicine. The patient absorbs and re-emits electromagnetic radiation in all directions, which is detected and reconstructed as 3-D images or 2-D slice images. In a fundamental ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 12, 2017
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Harnessing solid-state quantum bits, or qubits, is a key step toward the mass production of electronic devices based on quantum information science and technology. However, realizing a robust qubit with a long lifetime is ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 14, 2016
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The Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo set a world record for creating a Canadian flag measuring about one one-hundredth the width of a human hair.
Nanophysics
Sep 19, 2016
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A breakthrough into the full characterisation of quantum states has been published today as a prestigious Editors' Suggestion in the journal Physical Review Letters.
Quantum Physics
Jul 21, 2016
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What happens when you combine the pure tones of an internationally renowned mezzo soprano and the complex technology of a $15million quantum supercomputer?
Quantum Physics
Jul 13, 2016
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Creating quantum computers which some people believe will be the next generation of computers, with the ability to outperform machines based on conventional technology—depends upon harnessing the principles of quantum mechanics, ...
Quantum Physics
May 30, 2016
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