ConferenceTelecommunications, Optics and Photonics (TOP) Conference, is back for its second year, Taking place in London at the etc venue, 113 Houndsditch, London, on 13 and 14 February 2023. Find out about the latest trends in photonic integration; silicon photonics using InP, GaAs and polymer solutions; packaging solutions; hybrid integration; lasers, modulators and receivers; filters […]
Applications and ResearchThe scientific journal Nature Photonics has published the results of Toshiba’s Cambridge Research Laboratory of Europe’s first demonstration of quantum communications over optical fibres exceeding 600 km. The company says the breakthrough will enable long distance quantum-secured information transfer between metropolitan areas and is a major advance towards building the future Quantum Internet. One of […]
Applications and ResearchAegiQ, a UK quantum photonics start-up, has won £1.4 million in funding from Innovate UK to develop secure quantum communications for fibre-optic and satellite-based applications. AegiQ will join a global pilot project to provide scalable, high-performing semiconductor technology for next generation telecoms. AegiQ has been awarded funding as part of a consortium of companies. It […]
Applications and ResearchScientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago launched a new testbed for quantum communication experiments from Argonne. The Argonne quantum loop consists of a pair of connected 26-mile fibre-optic cables that wind circuitously between Argonne to the Illinois tollway near Bolingbrook, IL, and back. At 52 […]
Applications and ResearchA team led by Innsbruck physicist Ben Lanyon has sent a light particle entangled with matter over 50 km of optical fibre. This first-time achievement is hailed as paving the way for the practical use of quantum networks, and sets a milestone for a future quantum Internet. The Innsbruck team note that because quantum information […]
Applications and ResearchUniversity of Copenhagen researchers have developed a nanocomponent that emits light particles carrying quantum information. Less than one-tenth the width of a human hair, the miniscule component makes it possible to scale up, and could ultimately reach the capabilities required for a quantum computer or quantum internet. The focus of the researchers, based at the […]
Applications and ResearchPictured, left: UNIGE’s quantum repeater – two crystals in operation. © UNIGE Quantum physics can ensure that a message has not been intercepted before reaching its destination. Thanks to the laws of quantum physics, a photon can exist in two distinct states simultaneously, comparable to a coin thrown in the air, which is virtually both […]