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Optics & Photonics Oct 27, 2011

New hybrid technology could bring 'quantum information systems'

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- The merging of two technologies under development - plasmonics and nanophotonics - is promising the emergence of new "quantum information systems" far more powerful than today's computers.

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Oct 11, 2011

New knowledge about 'flawed' diamonds could speed the development of diamond-based quantum computers

A University at Buffalo-led research team has established the presence of a dynamic Jahn-Teller effect in defective diamonds, a finding that will help advance the development of diamond-based systems in applications such ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Oct 11, 2011

Point defects in super-chilled diamonds may offer stable candidates for quantum computing bits

Diamond, nature's hardest known substance, is essential for our modern mechanical world – drills, cutters, and grinding wheels exploit the durability of diamonds to power a variety of industries. But diamonds have properties ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 10, 2011

Progress in quantum computing, qubit by qubit

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- Engineers and physicists at Harvard have managed to capture light in tiny diamond pillars embedded in silver, releasing a stream of single photons at a controllable rate.

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jun 24, 2011

All-optical quantum computation, step 1: A controlled-NOT photonic gate

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- The often counterintuitive quantum world of superposition, entanglement, and tunneling can greatly enhance applications as diverse as communication, information processing, and precision measurement. At the ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics May 19, 2011

'Critical baby step' taken for spying life on a molecular scale

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- The ability to image single biological molecules in a living cell is something that has long eluded researchers; however, a novel technique, using the structure of diamond, may well be able to do this and ...

Materials Science May 10, 2011

U.S. team creates diamond aerogel in lab by emulating Mother Nature

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- Researchers working out of Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, have devised a process whereby an ordinary carbon aerogel is used as a base to create a new type aerogel comprised ...

Superconductivity May 3, 2011

Study helps explain behavior of latest high-temp superconductors

A Rice University-led team of physicists this week offered up one of the first theoretical explanations of how two dissimilar types of high-temperature superconductors behave in similar ways.

Optics & Photonics Apr 26, 2011

Diamonds shine in quantum networks: Researchers hitch precious stone's impurities onto nano-resonators

When it comes to dreaming about diamonds, energy efficiency and powerful information processing aren't normally the thoughts that spring to mind. Unless, of course, you are a quantum physicist looking to create the most secure ...

Condensed Matter Apr 22, 2011

Diamond center defect helps scientists measure electrical fields

Scientists recognize how important a role electrical fields play in nature and technical areas. By adjusting these fields, the transmission of nerve impulses becomes possible and the operation of modern data storage is fulfilled ...

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