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MEMSCAP’s Electrostatic Variable Optical Attenuator Completes Telcordia Qualification

MEMSCAP, a company specializing in MEMS-based solutions, announced that the company’s high voltage electrostatic MEMS variable optical attenuator has successfully completed Telcordia qualification by meeting all mechanical, environmental and operational stress tests described in GR-1221 and GR-1209 standards for passive optical components.

From MEMSCAP S.A. 21 Apr 2012

Researchers Try to Solve Equations for Turbulence on Quantum Computers

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

Phase-Slip Qubit Opens Up New Opportunities in Superconducting Electronics

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

Study Provides New Insights into Quantum Levitation

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

Scientists Study Electronic Properties of Matter Using Optical Analogues

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

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

Plasmonic Material May Produce Efficient Optoelectronic Devices

Researchers from the Purdue University have used a thin film of titanium nitride as a plasmonic material. The addition of titanium nitride to the small list of surface-plasmon-supporting materials, may pave the way to produce new optoelectronic devices with unparallel efficiency and speed.

29 Mar 2012

Researchers Develop First Practical Application of Optical Nanoantennas

A team of scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) of the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of California Berkeley is the first to develop a realistic application of optical nanoantennas in the field of cell membrane biology.

27 Mar 2012

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