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Light Dynamics in a Quantum Dot
Release Date: 04/03/2013 Plots of photon arrival times at each of two detectors show that the emission of only one photon following an excitation pulse is less likely than … more
High Efficiency Single Photon Detector
Release Date: 02/19/2013 Francesco Marsili at the SPD experiment. The metal cylinder at top left is the device's … more
Calculating Quantum Vacuum Forces in Nanostructures
Release Date: 02/07/2013 One of the surprising predictions of quantum mechanics is that uncharged conductors can attract each other over small distances, even in empty … more
NIST's 'Nanotubes on a Chip' May Simplify Optical Power Measurements
Release Date: 01/24/2013 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has demonstrated a novel chip-scale instrument made of carbon nanotubes that may … more
Researchers Develop Versatile Optomechanical Sensors for Atomic Force Microscopy
Release Date: 10/24/2012 < more
Seeing the Light with NIST's New Noiseless Optical Amplifier
Release Date: 08/08/2012 Most devices that amplify light suffer from the same problem: making the image brighter also adds muddying distortion. Scientists working at the … more
Hark! Group Demonstrates First Heralded Single Photon Source Made from Silicon
Release Date: 06/27/2012 In an important step towards more practical quantum information processing, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology … more
Better 'Photon Loops' May Be Key to Computer and Physics Advances
Release Date: 08/22/2011 Surprisingly, transmitting information-rich photons thousands of miles through fiber-optic cable is far easier than reliably sending them just a … more
NIST Prototype 'Optics Table on a Chip' Places Microwave Photon in Two Colors at Once
Release Date: 07/06/2011 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a tunable superconducting circuit on a chip that can place a … more
Key Ingredient: Change in Material Boosts Prospects of Ultrafast Single-photon Detector
Release Date: 06/30/2011 By swapping one superconducting material for another, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have found a … more
First Demonstration of 'Spin-Orbit Coupling' in Ultracold Atomic Gases
Release Date: 03/15/2011 Physicists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have for the first time caused a gas of atoms to exhibit an important quantum phenomenon known as … more
Etched Quantum Dots Shape Up as Single Photon Emitters, NIST Tests Show
Release Date: 02/22/2011 Like snowflakes or fingerprints, no two quantum dots are identical. But a new etching method for shaping and positioning these semiconductor … more
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
This Little Light of Mine: Changing the Color of Single Photons Emitted by Quantum Dots
Release Date: 10/13/2010 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated* for the first time the conversion of near-infrared … 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 |
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