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EUR 16 Million Funding to Develop a Photonic Quantum Processor

Quantum computers will one day be able to solve problems at high speed that cannot be handled by classical computer systems. However, in order for these computers to become practical, they must process a significantly higher number of qubits and have lower error rates. A research project led by Professor Stefanie Barz from the University of Stuttgart is now developing a photonic quantum processor for this purpose.

2 Feb 2022

SUNY Polytechnic Institute Announces $300,000 in Funding from U.S. Department of Energy for Ultrafast Scintillation Detectors

SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced today that Professor of Nanoscience Dr. Serge Oktyabrsky has received $300,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to further develop state-of-the-art scintillating detectors, which, upon the detection of fast, charged particles, or X-ray photons, emit measurable light, resulting in the fastest high-yield scintillating materials reported so far.

2 Feb 2022

Developing Quantum Photonics Technologies Based on 2D Materials

Due to their unique properties, 2D materials, which consist of a single layer of atoms, are increasingly being used in optoelectronic devices, as quantum light sources and in integrated circuits. Research into the quantum technologies enabled by 2D materials has been advancing rapidly since 2015, with further potential for yet further advances.

1 Feb 2022

Collaborative Innovation Reaps Rewards for ficonTEC

The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) has recognized Torsten Vahrenkamp, CEO and co-founder of ficonTEC, as the recipient of the EPIC CEO Award 2021. Vahrenkamp co-founded the company with CFO Matthias Trinker.

From ficonTEC Service GmbH 1 Feb 2022

EPIC CEO Award 2021 Goes to Torsten Vahrenkamp, Interviewed by José Pozo, EPIC CTO

The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) announced the winner of the EPIC CEO Award 2021 as Torsten Vahrenkamp, CEO and co-founder of ficonTEC.

From ficonTEC Service GmbH 1 Feb 2022

ficonTEC Drives North America Expansion with Joint Facility at the University of Central Florida Photonics Incubator / CREOL

Over the last 3 years, ficonTEC Service GmbH, of Achim/Germany has seen record order development across all regions for their automated photonic device assembly and test systems. At the same time, we are currently experiencing shifts in the way business activities can be pursued, how technology can be shared, as disruption in the supply chain, and as constraints as to how individuals are allowed to move.

From ficonTEC Service GmbH 1 Feb 2022

Researchers Create Synthetic Dimensions Using Light Waves

The world is viewed by humans in three dimensions; however, a research partnership in Japan has formulated a method to develop synthetic dimensions to better comprehend the fundamental laws of the universe and perhaps apply them to modern technologies.

31 Jan 2022

Scientists Report a New Class of Chirp-Free Pulse in Normal-Dispersion Fiber Lasers

Over the past decades, researchers have demonstrated conventional solitons, stretched pulses, self-similar pulses, and dissipative solitons by managing the dispersion and nonlinearity of fiber lasers.

31 Jan 2022

New Type of Optical Device Created Using Alumina to Enhance Telescope Performance

Researchers from the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe and the University of Minnesota, Tomotake Matsumura and Shaul Hanany, respectively, and their collaborators have created a new kind of optical element that will enhance the performance of telescopes analyzing radiation from the Big Bang.

28 Jan 2022

University of Surrey and Space Power Join Hands to Revolutionize Satellite Power Using Laser Beaming

The University of Surrey and Space Power are tackling the problem of powering satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) during their eclipse period when they cannot see the sun.

28 Jan 2022