Quantum technologies are cutting-edge systems that can process, transfer, or store information leveraging quantum mechanical ...

German scientists have laid the groundwork for the next generation of quantum technologies by ...

SPIE Photonics West sees the global optics and photonics community come together to present and discuss the latest industry ...

An international research team has for the first time designed realistic photonic time crystals ---- exotic materials that exponentially amplify light. The breakthrough opens up exciting possibilities ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The ability to precisely control the flow of light is critical for technologies like high-speed data transfer, advanced computing, and telecommunications. Yet, despite the promise ...

Physicists have taken a step that sounds like science fiction: they have coaxed light into behaving as a “supersolid,” a ...

(Nanowerk News) Photonic crystals are materials with repeating internal structures that interact with light in unique ways. We can find natural examples in opals and the vibrant coloured shells of ...

CEA-Leti today presented new research at SPIE Photonics West highlighting major progress in the integration of quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) with silicon photonic platforms for mid-infrared (MIR) ...

In January, a team led by Jim Schuck, professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia Engineering, developed a method for creating entangled photon pairs, a critical component of emerging quantum ...

Technology that could give us a communication network with a power footprint 100 times smaller than we need today but also 125 times higher transmission capacity and 200 times lower latency is not ...