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 […]