Inside most photonic chips, light races through tiny optical wires. It carries information far faster than electricity can in many conventional systems.

CMOS-built optical phase modulators shrink laser control hardware and power use for trapped atom quantum computers, enabling larger stable qubit arrays at work. (Nanowerk News) Researchers have made a ...

Nanodiamond quantum sensors mounted on magnetic microbots achieve coherent spin control while moving freely through fluid, a ...

Researchers have made a major advance in quantum computing with a new device that is nearly 100 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

Applied physicists have created a photon router that could plug into quantum networks to create robust optical interfaces for noise-sensitive microwave quantum computers. Applied physicists at the ...

For the first time, researchers in China have demonstrated how quantum dots can be engineered to consistently generate pairs of entangled photons. By carefully tailoring the photonic environment ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MIT and Harvard scientists have built the world’s most precise optical clock, surpassing the quantum limit with entangled atoms ...

A nanoscale optical device has been developed that allows independent control over the intensity and phase of light. By applying voltage, this innovative device can freely manipulate the phase and ...

Optical microcavities have emerged as pivotal tools in modern photonics, enabling the manipulation and control of light within minuscule volumes. By confining electromagnetic fields in high‐quality ...

The same devices used for control could be used for qubit state readout, or for forming direct links to convert finicky quantum information into sturdy packets of light between quantum computing nodes ...