Quantum optics Research update Entangled photons enhance adaptive optical imaging Quantum-enhanced adaptive optics can produce higher-resolution microscopy images Read article: Entangled photons enhance adaptive optical imaging
Quantum optics Research update Quantum fluctuations are controlled for the first time, say optics researchers Work could benefit probabilistic optical computing Read article: Quantum fluctuations are controlled for the first time, say optics researchers
Quantum optics Research update Quantum mechanics and thermodynamics can both be true, say physicists New quantum processor experiment resolves conflict between the two theories over the nature of reversible processes Read article: Quantum mechanics and thermodynamics can both be true, say physicists
Quantum optics Research update Quantum entanglement doubles microscope resolution New technique shows promise for non-destructive bioimaging Read article: Quantum entanglement doubles microscope resolution
Nanomaterials Research update Transparency window appears in an ensemble of ions "Collectively induced transparency" in an optical cavity has applications in quantum optical technologies Read article: Transparency window appears in an ensemble of ions
Quantum optics Research update Entangled light source is fully on-chip Compact device could lead to practical sources of multiphoton cluster states Read article: Entangled light source is fully on-chip
Quantum optics Research update Photon bound states pave the way to manipulation of ‘quantum light’ Observations of bound photons interacting with a quantum dot could advance quantum-enhanced measurements and computing Read article: Photon bound states pave the way to manipulation of ‘quantum light’
Devices and structures Research update Photoexcited electrons from fullerene help create high-speed switch Quantum "turnout" device has a switching speed four to five orders of magnitude faster than that of current solid-state transistors Read article: Photoexcited electrons from fullerene help create high-speed switch
Quantum optics Research update Laser interferometry moves closer to shot-noise-limited measurements By reducing the contribution of other noises, researchers have achieved a record displacement sensitivity in laser interferometry Read article: Laser interferometry moves closer to shot-noise-limited measurements
Quantum optics Research update Revived photon entanglement could enhance quantum communication and imaging Angular-position basis allows usable entanglement to endure over longer distances Read article: Revived photon entanglement could enhance quantum communication and imaging
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