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Quantum key distribution with entangled photons generated on-demand by a quantum dot

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum networks are going to replace conventional data networks – it’s just a matter of time when this

Jul 29, 2020

Tailored light inspired by nature

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Modern applications such as high resolution microsopy or micro- or nanoscale material processing require customized laser beams that do not change during propagation. This represents an immense challenge since light typically broadens during propa...

Jul 29, 2020

New fabrication method brings single-crystal perovskite devices closer to viability

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Nanoengineers have developed a new method to fabricate perovskites as single-crystal thin films, which are more efficient for use in solar cells and optical devices than the current state-of-the-art polycrystalline forms of the material. Their fab...

Jul 29, 2020

Simulating quantum 'time travel' disproves butterfly effect in quantum realm: Evolving quantum processes backwards on a quantum computer to damage information in the simulated past causes little change when returned to the 'present'

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Using a quantum computer to simulate time travel, researchers have demonstrated that, in the quantum realm, there is no 'butterfly effect.' In the research, information--qubits, or quantum bits--'time travel' into the simulated...

Jul 29, 2020

Simulating quantum 'time travel' disproves butterfly effect in quantum realm

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Using a quantum computer to simulate time travel, researchers have demonstrated that, in the quantum realm, there is no "butterfly effect." In the research, information—qubits, or quantum bits—'time travel' into the simulated p...

Jul 29, 2020

'Giant atoms' enable quantum processing and communication in one

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

MIT researchers have introduced a quantum computing architecture that can perform low-error quantum computations while also rapidly sharing quantum information between processors. The work represents a key advance toward a complete quantum computi...

Jul 29, 2020

New fabrication method brings single-crystal perovskite devices closer to viability

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanoengineers at UC San Diego developed a new method to fabricate perovskites as single-crystal thin films, which are more efficient for use in solar cells and optical devices than the current state-of-the-art polycrystalline forms of the material.

Jul 29, 2020

New fabrication method brings single-crystal perovskite devices closer to viability

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanoengineers developed a new method to fabricate perovskites as single-crystal thin films, which are more efficient for use in solar cells and optical devices than the current state-of-the-art polycrystalline forms of the material.

Jul 29, 2020

Electrochemical doping: researchers improve carbon nanotube transparent conductors

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have discovered that electrochemical doping with ionic liquid can significantly enhance the optical and electrical properties of transparent conductors made of single-walled carbon nanotube films.

Jul 29, 2020

Gold nanosensor spots difference between dengue, Zika

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new class of nanosensor developed in Brazil could more accurately identify dengue and Zika infections, a task that is complicated by their genetic similarities and which can result in misdiagnosis.

Jul 29, 2020

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