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Optics & Photonics May 9, 2023

Breakthrough in dynamical localization transitions and Berry curvature-induced transport

The way light moves around inside an optical microcavity provides an exciting opportunity to explore the connection between classical and quantum physics. This field of research is known as quantum chaos, and it has the potential ...

Condensed Matter May 8, 2023

Symmetric graphene quantum dots for future qubits

Quantum dots in semiconductors such as silicon or gallium arsenide have long been considered hot candidates for hosting quantum bits in future quantum processors. Scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University ...

Optics & Photonics May 3, 2023

Light amplification by stimulated emission from electrically driven colloidal quantum dots finally achieved

In a result decades in the making, Los Alamos scientists have achieved light amplification with electrically driven devices based on solution-cast semiconductor nanocrystals—tiny specs of semiconductor matter made via chemical ...

Quantum Physics Mar 31, 2023

Connecting distant silicon qubits for scaling up quantum computers

In a demonstration that promises to help scale up quantum computers based on tiny dots of silicon, RIKEN physicists have succeeded in connecting two qubits—the basic unit for quantum information—that are physically distant ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 28, 2023

Improved chip-scale color conversion lasers could enable many next-generation quantum devices

In two new studies, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have greatly improved the efficiency and power output of a series of chip-scale devices that generate laser light at different colors ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 27, 2023

Engineers develop dual-purpose laser and LED device based on colloidal quantum dot technology

A Los Alamos National Laboratory team has overcome key challenges toward technologically viable high-intensity light emitters based on colloidal quantum dot technology, resulting in dual-function devices that operate as both ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 20, 2023

Ultrafast beam-steering breakthrough

In a major breakthrough in the fields of nanophotonics and ultrafast optics, a Sandia National Laboratories research team has demonstrated the ability to dynamically steer light pulses from conventional, so-called incoherent ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 20, 2023

Scientists open door to manipulating 'quantum light'

For the first time, scientists at the University of Sydney and the University of Basel in Switzerland have demonstrated the ability to manipulate and identify small numbers of interacting photons—packets of light energy—with ...

Quantum Physics Mar 7, 2023

First demonstration of universal control of encoded spin qubits

HRL Laboratories, LLC, has published the first demonstration of universal control of encoded spin qubits. This newly emerging approach to quantum computation uses a novel silicon-based qubit device architecture, fabricated ...

Nanophysics Mar 6, 2023

Graphene quantum dots show promise as novel magnetic field sensors

Trapped electrons traveling in circular loops at extreme speeds inside graphene quantum dots are highly sensitive to external magnetic fields and could be used as novel magnetic field sensors with unique capabilities, according ...

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