Quantum vortices of light carrying orbital angular momentum stand as essential resources for quantum photonic technologies. Recent advancements in integrated photonics offer the potential to create ...

(a) Schematic of non-local mode selection by metasurface-integrated quantum analog operation. F^1, F^2, F^3, and F^4 are the differential operators. The green area has been designed to construct ...

Photonics is a leading approach to develop quantum technologies, with chip-scale photonic integrated circuits (PICs) 1 offering a means of miniaturizing complex quantum optics experiments that would ...

Light-based quantum technologies, such as quantum communication and photonic quantum computing, require reliable sources of individual photons and, ideally, pairs of entangled photons. Semiconductor ...

Scientists in the Riccio College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of California Santa Barbara have demonstrated key laser and ion trap components necessary ...

In an ongoing effort to bring quantum science out of the tightly controlled lab environment and into the field, researchers from UC Santa Barbara and the University of Massachusetts Amherst have, for ...

As quantum computers continue to advance, many of today’s encryption systems face the risk of becoming obsolete. A powerful alternative—quantum cryptography—offers security based on the laws of ...

A new microchip-sized device could dramatically accelerate the future of quantum computing. It controls laser frequencies with extreme precision while using far less power than today’s bulky systems.

Researchers recently connected their campuses with an experimental quantum communications network using two optical fibers. Researchers at the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of ...

In 1925, German physicist Werner Heisenberg published a paper on quantum mechanics, upending classical physics and launching the world into the quantum age. Now, 100 years later, researchers across ...

A two-kilometer free-space demonstration validates quantum-secure communications and resilient PNT capabilities Xairos Systems has met a significant milestone for its Ares Quantum Optical Terminal, a ...