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Prototype 'optics table on a chip' places microwave photon in two colors at once

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a tunable superconducting circuit on a chip that can place a single microwave photon (particle of light) ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New experiment would use quantum effects to perform otherwise intractable calculations

(PhysOrg.com) -- Quantum computers are computers that exploit the weird properties of matter at extremely small scales. Many experts believe that a full-blown quantum computer could perform calculations that ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Memory with Matter Qubits

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists have successfully operated a quantum gate between two remote particles of matter, marking an important step toward the development of a quantum computer. In ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 2 feature




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Holodesk prototype puts life in computers (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research project at Microsoft Research Cambridge has brought forth a prototype called Holodesk, which lets you manipulate virtual objects with your hand. You literally "get your hands on" ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

White laser pulses with precisely tailored waveform enable control of electrons in microcosm

(PhysOrg.com) -- An expedition through the fast-paced microscopic world of atoms reveals electrons that spin around at enormous speeds and have gigantic forces are acting on them. Monitoring the ultrafast ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Bragg reflectivity of X-rays: At the limit of the possible

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers utilizing high-brightness x-rays at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science’s Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory have demonstrated that synthetic, ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New tool may yield smaller, faster optoelectronics

The steady improvement in speed and power of modern electronics may soon hit the brakes unless new ways are found to pack more structures into microscopic spaces. Unfortunately, engineers are already approaching ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | 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. ...

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

Breakthrough for photons in the microwave frequency range

Photons in the microwave frequency range are important in quantum research - for quantum information processors, for example. Now, for the first time, researchers have achieved the controlled production of ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

GRIN plasmonics: A practical path to superfast computing, invisibility carpet-cloaking devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- Berkeley Lab researchers have carried out the first experimental demonstration of GRIN plasmonics, a hybrid technology that opens the door to a wide range of exotic applications in optics, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (20) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

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

Random numbers game with quantum dice

(PhysOrg.com) -- A simple device measures the quantum noise of vacuum fluctuations and generates true random numbers.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (18) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

NIST researchers create 'quantum cats' made of light

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have created "quantum cats" made of photons (particles of light), boosting prospects for manipulating light in new ways to enhance precision ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast


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