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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

Comprehensive Report Sheds Light on Nanophotonics Technologies and Devices

Reportlinker.com has added a new market research report titled ‘Nanotechnology for Photonics: Global Markets’ to its offering.

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

Duke Researchers Demonstrate Holograms in Infrared Light Range

Researchers from the Duke University have shown that a metamaterial device developed by them was able to produce holograms in the infrared light range for the first time.

20 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