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Using Tabletop Ultrafast Soft X-Ray Microscope to Resolve the Spin Dynamics Inside Rare Earth Materials

Sharing real-time information requires complex networks of systems. A promising approach for speeding up data storage devices consists of switching the magnetization, or the electrons' spin, of magnetic materials with ultra-short femtosecond laser pulses.

26 Apr 2022

Researchers Use Modular Waveguide-Based Light Source to Generate Strongly Nonclassical Light

For the first time, researchers have successfully generated strongly nonclassical light using a modular waveguide-based light source. The achievement represents a crucial step toward creating faster and more practical optical quantum computers.

13 Apr 2022

Researchers Recycle Rice Husks to Create the First Silicon Quantum Dot LED Light

Each year, about 100 million tons of rice husk waste is produced by milling rice to separate the grain from the husks. Researchers seeking a scalable method to fabricate quantum dots have created the first silicon quantum dot (QD) LED light by recycling rice husks.

13 Apr 2022

Using Photons to Create a Quantum Memristor

Artificial intelligence algorithms are based on mathematical models called neural networks, inspired by the biological structure of the human brain, which is made up of interconnected nodes (neurons).

8 Apr 2022

Hybrid Perovskites Exhibit Superfluorescence at Room Temperature Due to “Shock Absorbers”

Semiconducting perovskites that exhibit superfluorescence at room temperature do so due to built-in thermal "shock absorbers" which protect dipoles within the material from thermal interference.

4 Apr 2022

Physicists Discover the Maximum Speed of Signal Transmission in Microchips

The maximum speed of signal transmission in microchips is about one petaherz (one million gigahertz), which is about 100,000 times faster than current transistors.

28 Mar 2022

Researchers Explore the Speed Limit of Optoelectronics

How fast can electronics be? When computer chips work with ever shorter signals and time intervals, at some point they come up against physical limits.

28 Mar 2022

Photonic Quantum Memristor may be the Missing Link Between AI and Quantum Computing

In recent years, artificial intelligence has become ubiquitous, with applications such as speech interpretation, image recognition, medical diagnosis, and many more. At the same time, quantum technology has been proven capable of computational power well beyond the reach of even the world's largest supercomputer.

25 Mar 2022

New Single-Photon Source Paves the Way for Practical Applications of Quantum Technology

Researchers have developed a new high-purity single-photon source that can operate at room temperature. The source is an important step toward practical applications of quantum technology, such as highly secure communication based on quantum key distribution (QKD).

24 Mar 2022

Quantum Dots for Imaging Macrophages in Fat

To accurately diagnose and treat diseases, doctors and researchers need to see inside bodies. Medical imaging tools have come a long way since the humble x-ray, but most existing tools remain too coarse to quantify numbers or specific types of cells inside deep tissues of the body.

23 Mar 2022