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Newly Developed Single Photon Detector Improves Optical Power Measurement

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed the world's most efficient single photon detector, which is able to count individual particles of light traveling through fiber optic cables with roughly 99 percent efficiency.

16 Apr 2010

Researchers Use Quantum-Dot Lasers to Generate Tunable Wavelengths

Researchers at the Technische Universität Darmstadt have found a new method for generating tunable wavelengths, as well as more easily switching back and forth between two wavelengths, employing quantum-dot lasers. Prospective application fields are biomedicine and nanosurgery.

15 Apr 2010

ICFO Researchers Explain How Disorder Can Lead To New Quantum States of Matter

Researchers from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO, Barcelona) and the Institute of Optics (IO, Palaiseau) describe in Nature Physics the new trends in research on disordered systems using ultracold gases that could have important consequences both for understanding complex physics processes and for building future quantum simulators and computers.

8 Apr 2010

Hague’s Subsidiary Announces Incentive Pricing for Tetrapod Quantum Dots

Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc., a solar technology and quantum dot manufacturing company (and a wholly owned subsidiary of Hague Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: HGUE)) announced today that only 18 months after licensing what has been characterized as a disruptive technology, they will be offering incentive pricing on orders for research quantities of its high purity, uniform, tetrapod quantum dots from the life sciences, academic, and other industrial research and development (R&D) communities.

8 Apr 2010

Physicists Use Optical Frequency Comb to Manipulate Quantum Bits

Physicists at the University of Maryland have found a way to turn a precision measurement device into a versatile tool for manipulating quantum bits (qubits).

6 Apr 2010

Single-Atom Laser Posseses Quantum Mechanical, Classical Laser Properties

Rainer Blatt‘s and Piet Schmidt’s research team from the University of Innsbruck have successfully realized a single-atom laser, which shows the properties of a classical laser as well as quantum mechanical properties of the atom-photon interaction.

31 Mar 2010

First Quantum Dot-Based Image Sensor from InVisage

Ushering in a new era of high-performance image sensors, InVisage Technologies, Inc. -- a venture-backed start-up that is revolutionizing the way light is captured -- today announced QuantumFilm.

22 Mar 2010

Scientists Provide New Insights on DNA Repair Mechanism

New research led by scientists at the University of Essex has given an insight into how the body finds damage in the DNA code to repair it.

15 Mar 2010

Optical Experiments to Detect Quantum Properties in Viruses

The weird world of quantum mechanics describes the strange, often contradictory, behaviour of small inanimate objects such as atoms. Researchers have now started looking for ways to detect quantum properties in more complex and larger entities, possibly even living organisms.

12 Mar 2010

Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Process Using Trapped Ions

A team of physicists headed by Christian Roos and Rainer Blatt from the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences realize a quantum walk in a quantum system with up to 23 steps.

10 Mar 2010