Researchers find a way to purify photons, clearing major hurdles for faster quantum computers and ultra-secure networks.

Carbon nanotubes are moving from lab curiosities to workhorse components in quantum hardware, and one of the most striking examples is their use as single-photon light sources. By exploiting their ...

A new discovery shows that messy, stray light can be used to clean up quantum systems instead of disrupting them. University ...

There are few technologies more fundamental to modern life than the ability to control light with precision. From fiber-optic communications to quantum sensors, the manipulation of photons underpins ...

The proposed method uses a single rare-earth ion, trapped inside a tapered optical fiber, to directly generate and guide single photons within the fiber, representing a key low-cost component for ...

There are few technologies more fundamental to modern life than the ability to control light with precision. From fiber-optic communications to quantum sensors, the manipulation of photons underpins ...

Researchers at the University of Iowa have identified a new way to "purify" photons, a development that could improve both the performance and ...

SEEQC, which traces its lineage back to IBM, is building the world’s quantum computers. They might prove critical in the ...