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Novel Approach Uses Light to Read Out Superconducting Circuits

In the last few years, several technology companies including Google, Microsoft, and IBM, have massively invested in quantum computing systems based on microwave superconducting circuit platforms in an effort to scale them up from small research-oriented systems to commercialized computing platforms.

11 May 2021

New Technique to "Flip" the Optical Wavefront Prevents Distortions in Multimode Fibers

The use of multimode optical fibers to boost the information capacity of the Internet is severely hampered by distortions that occur during the transmission of images because of a phenomenon called modal crosstalk.

11 May 2021

New Imaging Technique Accurately Estimates Motion of Individual Objects

Since the advent of photography in the mid-19th century, imaging technology has certainly come a long way.

11 May 2021

Nokia Selected as Single Supplier for Swisscom's New Optical Transport Network

Nokia today announced it has been selected by Swisscom to transform the operator’s existing infrastructure to a fully automated and high capacity optical transport network.

11 May 2021

Novel Metasurface can Realize Near-IR Full-Stokes Polarization Vectors Detection

Recently a research group from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) performed numerical simulation and experimental demonstration of a pixelated metasurface based on the silicon-on-insulated (SOI) wafer.

10 May 2021

KIT Researchers Produce Perovskite Solar Modules with Minimum Scaling Loss

From cell to module without loss of efficiency: This is one of the main challenges of perovskite photovoltaics.

10 May 2021

Medphab Funding Initiative Launches Open Call to Support Photonic Medical Device Innovation

MedPhab, Europe’s first pilot line for photonics-based medical devices announces a call for proposals to support companies adopting advanced photonics technologies for the development of new medical diagnostics solutions.

10 May 2021

2D Microlaser Arrays can Power Compact Optical Systems

The field of photonics aims to transform all manner of electronic devices by storing and transmitting information in the form of light, rather than electricity.

7 May 2021

New Phenomenon Could be Used to Create the Smallest Possible Solid-State Lasers

At extremely low temperatures, matter often behaves differently than in normal conditions.

7 May 2021

Scientists Demonstrate Record-Breaking Laser Pulse Intensity Using Petawatt Laser

Using a petawatt laser, scientists have demonstrated the highest laser pulse intensity of more than 1023 W/cm2. This laser intensity—which is 10 times more than the one reported by a research team from the University of Michigan in 2004—took more than 10 years to reach this record-high intensity.

7 May 2021

New Infrared Imager Converts Infrared Light into Clear Images

Imagine mapping out an individual’s blood vessels while simultaneously monitoring the heart rate—without making contact with the person’s skin, seeing through fog and smog, and seeing through silicon wafers to check the composition and quality of electronic boards.

6 May 2021