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Optics & Photonics Apr 12, 2023

A new way to share secret information, using quantum mechanics

Quantum information is a powerful technology for increasing the amount of information that can be processed and communicated securely. Using quantum entanglement to securely distribute a secret quantum state among multiple ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 13, 2023

High-performance photon detectors to combat spies in the quantum computing age

How can we combat data theft, which is a real issue for society? Quantum physics has the solution. Its theories make it possible to encode information (a qubit) in single particles of light (a photon) and to circulate them ...

Quantum Physics Mar 10, 2023

A framework to self-test all entangled states using quantum networks

Self-testing is a promising method to infer the physics underlying specific quantum experiments using only collected measurements. While this method can be used to examine bipartite pure entangled states, so far it could ...

Quantum Physics Feb 15, 2023

New approach for Majorana research in short nanowires

Researchers and engineers from QuTech and Eindhoven University of Technology have created Majorana particles and measured their properties with great control.

Quantum Physics Feb 10, 2023

Satellites may enable better quantum networks

A study by Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers has demonstrated how satellites could enable more efficient, secure quantum networks.

Optics & Photonics Feb 8, 2023

Quantum data conversion offers a path to scale up quantum technology architectures

Researchers at the Kastler Brossel Laboratory in Paris have succeeded in building the first converter between the two different types of quantum-bit encodings—an equivalent to converters for classical information, but targeted ...

Quantum Physics Jan 12, 2023

Quantum computers threaten our whole cybersecurity infrastructure: Here's how scientists can bulletproof it

Thirteen, 53 and 433. That's the size of quantum computers in terms of quantum bits, or qubits, which has significantly grown in the last years due to important public and private investments and initiatives. Obviously, it ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 4, 2023

A better photon detector to advance quantum technology

A team of researchers has developed an on-chip photon-counting device that could significantly advance numerous applications of quantum technology.

Mathematics Nov 23, 2022

Mathematical theorem used to crack US government encryption algorithm

In the digital era and moving towards quantum computing, protecting data against hack attacks is one of our biggest challenges—and one that experts, governments, and industries worldwide work hard to address. While this is ...

Quantum Physics Nov 21, 2022

Microlaser chip adds new dimensions to quantum communication

Researchers at Penn Engineering have created a chip that outstrips the security and robustness of existing quantum communications hardware. Their technology communicates in "qudits," doubling the quantum information space ...

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