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Trade-off coding for quantum communication provides more benefits than previously thought

(Phys.org) -- In optical communication systems, the overall performance depends on the strategy used to transmit photons from one location to another. In previous attempts to optimize this performance, scientists ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Proposed experiment offers new way to generate macroscopic entanglement

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the development of quantum information processing, one of the key requirements is achieving quantum entanglement. But recently, physicists have been investigating other forms of quantum correlations besides ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (20) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Could silicon be ideal in quantum computing?

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Quantum computing could provide a way to significantly speed up the way we process certain algorithms," Malcolm Carroll tells PhysOrg.com. "The primary issue, though, is that you need a well controlled two-le ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

Physicists offer countermeasure to new quantum eavesdropping attack

(PhysOrg.com) -- As early communications systems using quantum cryptography become commercially available, physicists have been investigating new types of security attacks in an effort to defend against them. ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Vertical cavity quantum switch could lead us away from electronics-based computing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Right now, many researchers around the world are working on ways to move away from electronics-dominated computing systems. There are a number of ideas about how this can be accomplished. "We are trying to ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (27) | comments 5 | with audio podcast feature

Learning more about phase transitions in small systems

(PhysOrg.com) -- "People want to understand phase transitions in a finite system by quantum simulation," Luming Duan tells PhysOrg.com. Duan is a professor at the University of Michigan, located in Ann Arbor. "Being able t ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

Quantum eavesdropper steals quantum keys

(PhysOrg.com) -- In quantum cryptography, scientists use quantum mechanical effects to encrypt and then communicate confidential information. Although quantum cryptography codes are unbreakable in principle, even the best ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Physicists describe how to make time-reversed light pulses

(PhysOrg.com) -- By taking advantage of the properties of periodic systems, physicists have described how to efficiently time-reverse ultrashort electromagnetic pulses. Since a time-reversed pulse evolves ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 44 | with audio podcast feature

Autonomous quantum error correction technique proposed for quantum memories

(PhysOrg.com) -- While words such as "powerful" and "efficient" are often used to describe the potential of quantum computing, these quantum systems can be very fragile at the same time. Errors in quantum ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 04, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

Not all quantum properties are lost through interaction with the environment

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most well-known "rules" of quantum physics is that all quantum properties are lost due to environmental interaction. This rule, though, may not hold true in all situations. "We have discovered ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (38) | comments 33 | with audio podcast feature

Artificial magnetic fields for light could illuminate correlated quantum systems

(PhysOrg.com) -- In general, the field of many-body physics involves the interactions and collective behavior of large numbers of particles. Scientists have made significant progress in exploring this field, ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Feb 03, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

New Law of Physics Could Explain Quantum Mysteries

(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the early days of quantum mechanics, scientists have been trying to understand the many strange implications of the theory: superpositions, wave-particle duality, and the observer’s ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (98) | comments 162 feature

Working out a timescale for quantum operations

One of the issues affecting quantum systems is coherence. Understanding coherence and how it breaks down (decoherence) is one of the keys to putting together a powerful quantum computer. And, because wires made from metal ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0 feature

It's Easier to Observe the Failure of Local Realism than Previously Thought

(PhysOrg.com) -- Local realism is something we live with every day, even if we don’t realize it. The principle of local realism combines two assumptions: locality and realism. Locality says that distant objects cannot directly ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (42) | comments 199 feature

Physicists working up from atoms to Schrodinger's cat

(PhysOrg.com) -- Schrodinger's cat, a macroscopic object that is both alive and dead at the same time, illustrates the strangeness of quantum mechanics. While such quantum properties have been widely observed for electrons ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (20) | comments 1 weblog