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MPQ Physicists Bring New Approach to Quantum Communication

A research team at MPQ has devised an initial elementary quantum network, which utilizes interfaces between single atoms and photons.

16 Apr 2012

Cambridge Researchers Demonstrate Light-Controlled Quantum Tunneling

Cambridge-based Cavendish Laboratory researchers made efforts to drive electrons across a classically impenetrable barrier, using light.

7 Apr 2012

New Method Improves Qubit 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.

6 Apr 2012

Researchers Design New Protocol to Control Quantum Information

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

Researchers Develop New Quantum Encryption Technique

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.

2 Apr 2012

Experimental Physicist to be Honored with Stern-Gerlach Medal

Rainer Blatt, an experimental physicist from the University of Innsbruck’s Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, will be honored with the Stern-Gerlach Medal from the German Physical Society. He will receive the medal on March 27, 2012 at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Society in Berlin from the German Research Minister, Anette Schavan.

27 Mar 2012

Original Quantum Information can be Recovered from Imperfect Quantum Copies

Unlike other types of information, it is impossible to perfectly reproduce or clone quantum information. For instance, it is not possible to use a single photon and create several photons that have the same, accurate quantum state.

26 Mar 2012

Researchers Develop Versatile Model to Explain Plasmonic Systems

An engineering team comprising Jennifer Dionne and Jonathan Scholl from the Stanford School of Engineering has investigated plasmon resonances of single metal particles that have a diameter of down to 1 nm. The research study will be reported in the journal, Nature.

23 Mar 2012

Scientists Explore Planck-Scale Physics Using Quantum Optics

An international partnership between the teams of Myungshik Kim at Imperial College London and Markus Aspelmeyer and Caslav Brukner at the University of Vienna has put forward a novel quantum experiment utilizing Planck-mass mirrors, paving the way to study some predictions of quantum gravity proposals in a lab.

20 Mar 2012

PTB Scientists Design New Pendulum for Optical Clocks

Scientists at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) are performing experiments on optical clocks based on the phenomenon of lightwaves and their ability to vibrate rapidly than microwaves.

13 Mar 2012