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New single-photon detector targets high-speed quantum communications

22 Feb 2023
Nanowire fan
Quantum fan: the new single-photon detector comprises 32 superconducting nanowires. (Courtesy: Ryan Lannom, JPL-Caltech/NASA)
A new photon detector called PEACOQ can register the arrival times of individual photons with the be

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