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NIST Advances Single Photon Management for Quantum Computers
Release Date: 01/19/2011 The quantum computers of tomorrow might use photons, or particles of light, to move around the data they need to make calculations, but photons … more
NIST Ships First Programmable AC/DC 10-Volt Standard
Release Date: 10/26/2010 Extending its 26-year tradition of innovative quantum voltage standards, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) … more
NIST Researchers Create 'Quantum Cats' Made of Light
Release Date: 08/31/2010 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created "quantum cats" made of photons (particles of light), … more
Novel Ion Trap with Optical Fiber Could Link Atoms and Light in Quantum Networks
Release Date: 07/06/2010 Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an ion trap with a built-in optical fiber that collects … more
NIST Develops 'Dimmer Switch' for Superconducting Quantum Computing
Release Date: 04/27/2010 Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed the first "dimmer switch" for a superconducting circuit … more
NIST Detector Counts Photons With 99 Percent Efficiency
Release Date: 04/13/2010 Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed* the world's most efficient single photon detector, which … more
NIST Racetrack Ion Trap is a Contender in Quantum Computing Quest
Release Date: 03/30/2010 Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built and tested a device for trapping electrically charged atoms … more
Seeing the Quantum in Chemistry: JILA Scientists Control Chemical Reactions of Ultracold Molecules
Release Date: 02/11/2010 Physicists at JILA have for the first time observed chemical reactions near absolute zero, demonstrating that chemistry is possible at ultralow … more
Everlasting Quantum Wave: NIST Physicists Predict New Form of Soliton in Ultracold Gases
Release Date: 12/15/2009 Solitary waves that run a long distance without losing their shape or dying out are a special class of waves called solitons. These everlasting … more
JQI Researchers Create 'Synthetic Magnetic Fields' for Neutral Atoms
Release Date: 12/15/2009 Achieving an important new capability in ultracold atomic gases, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute, a collaboration of the National … more
NIST Demonstrates 'Universal' Programmable Quantum Processor
Release Date: 11/17/2009 Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first “universal” programmable … more
JQI Researchers Create Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots
Release Date: 11/17/2009 To exploit the quantum world to the fullest, a key commodity is entanglement--the spooky, distance-defying link that can form between objects such … more
NIST Demonstrates 'Universal' Programmable Quantum Processor for Quantum Computers
Release Date: 11/16/2009 BOULDER, Colo. — Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first "universal" … more
NIST Demonstrates Sustained Quantum Computation Processing
Release Date: 08/11/2009 Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated sustained, reliable information processing operations on … more
NIST Demonstrates Sustained Quantum Processing in Step Toward Building Quantum Computers
Release Date: 08/06/2009 NIST physicists demonstrated sustained, reliable quantum information processing in the ion trap at the left center of this photograph, improving … more |
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