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GTRI Team Tests Use of Trapped Ions in Quantum Simulation

Despite a steady improvement in the speed of conventional computers during the last few decades, certain types of problems remain computationally difficult to solve.

26 May 2010

Electrical Detection of Plasmonic Waves Using Ultra-Compact Structure via Nanocavity

Light can force the electrons at the surface of a metal to collectively oscillate. Coupling these oscillations with photons-creating 'surface plasmon polaritons' or SPPs-could lead to intriguing applications in c...

26 May 2010

Photonic Crystal Fiber Set to Revolutionize Performance of Fiber-Optic Devices

The thin glass threads of conventional optical fibers underpin our information-driven society, moving data in the form of light pulses at breakneck speeds around the globe. Now, a new type of optical fiber, called photon...

26 May 2010

New Light-Blue Emitter System from Universal Display Offers 472nm Peak Wavelength

Universal Display Corporation, enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED™ technology and materials, today will unveil a new light-blue phosphorescent OLED emitter system at the Society for Information Display’s (SID) 2010 International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, being held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, WA from May 23 through May 28, 2010.

26 May 2010

Possibilities Abound for New Quantum Interface

German physicists have created a quantum interface that connects light particles and atoms, an essential part of improving the capacity of quantum technologies. The interface may even bring physics one step closer to the...

25 May 2010

QD Vision Purchases Quantum Dot Patent Portfolio from Motorola

QD Vision, developer of Quantum Light™ nanotechnology-based products for solid state lighting and displays, today announced it has purchased from Motorola a patent portfolio pertaining to the use of quantum dot tec...

25 May 2010

Nanotechnology Centre Co-Director Elected Fellow of the Royal Society

Professor Gabriel Aeppli, co-director of the LCN and Quain Professor of Physics in the UCL Department of Physics and Astronomy, is one of 44 new Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 2010.

21 May 2010

Mobius to Discuss UV Fiber Laser Application for Thin Wafer Processing at 2010 CMOS Workshop

Mobius Photonics, an innovative producer of short pulsed fiber laser sources (IR, green, and UV laser), will participate in the 2010 CMOS (Communications, Microsystems, Optoelectronics, Sensors) Emerging Technologies Workshop through an invited presentation from Vice President of Business Management Kiyomi Monro.

21 May 2010

Ultra-Thin Glass Fiber Enables Controlled Coupling of Light and Matter

Physicists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have developed a quantum interface which connects light particles and atoms. The interface is based on an ultra-thin glass fiber and is suitable for the transmission of quantum information.

20 May 2010

Palomar to Showcase Wafer Scale Optical Sub-Assemblies at MEPTEC Symposium

Palomar Technologies announced today that it will exhibit at the MicroElectronics Packaging and Test Engineering Council (MEPTEC) Symposium held in San Jose, May 20, 2010.

20 May 2010