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New Faster and More-Efficient Technique to Generate Single Photons

Georgia Tech professor Alex Kuzmich and graduate student Yaroslav Dudin have devised a new faster and more-efficient technique based on a phenomenon called Rydberg blockade to generate single photons that can be utilized to explore the disorder and dynamics in specific physical systems and in optical quantum information processing.

21 Apr 2012

Quantum Levitation of Ultrathin Plate Using Repulsive Casimir Force

Over 50 years ago, Hendrik Casimir, a Dutch theoretical physicist, determined that two parallel mirrors would attract each other when placed in a vacuum. The energy of virtual particles that flit into and out of existence generates this enigmatic force, as explained by quantum theory.

20 Apr 2012

Researchers Demonstrate Coherent Quantum Phase Slip Phenomenon

A team of researchers from the NEC Smart Energy Research Laboratories and RIKEN Advanced Science Institute has experimentally demonstrated the existence of a subtle phenomenon known as coherent quantum phase slip (CQPS) for the first time using ‘phase-slip qubit,’ a new kind of qubit developed by the team.

20 Apr 2012

New Grant to Develop Quantum-Computing Algorithms to Model Turbulent Combustion

A team of researchers led by Professor Peyman Givi from the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is involved in the development of quantum-computing algorithms to simulate turbulent combustion in a better way for aerospace applications.

20 Apr 2012

Researchers Study Photon Behavior in Metamaterials

The advancement in information technology is based on the ability to manipulate electron flow utilizing engineering materials. However, most properties of matter are not yet clearly defined. Now, Zubin Jacob, an electrical engineering researcher at the University of Alberta, is working on understanding certain unusual electronic properties of matter utilizing optical analogues.

17 Apr 2012

Diamond-Encased Quantum Computer to Prevent Decoherence

A team of researchers from USC has constructed a quantum computer within a diamond.

7 Apr 2012

Qubit Control Protocol Paves Way to Build Complex Quantum Machines

A team of researchers from different institutions has devised a protocol that paves the way to perform highly accurate quantum computations at a larger scale.

6 Apr 2012

New Technique Paves Way to Effectively Control Quantum Data Transportation

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Computational Science and Engineering and Zhejiang University has developed a new technique to control the interaction between electrons and vibrations on electronic transport.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 6 Apr 2012

New Encryption Technique Offers Protection Against Quantum Hacking

A research team headed by Professor Hoi-Kwong Lo from the University of Toronto has discovered a new quantum encryption technique to provide protection against the most advanced hackers.

From University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics 2 Apr 2012

Researchers Discover New Way to Improve Performance of Quantum Computers

A research team, comprising Vlatko Vedral, Elisabeth Rieper and Mile Gu from the National Univesity of Singapore’s Centre for Quantum Technologies together with Karoline Wiesner from the University of Bristol, has identified a new way wherein the performance of quantum physics-based computers can surpass that of classical computers.

31 Mar 2012