Researchers show that precisely layering nano-thin materials creates excitons -- essentially, artificial atoms -- that can act as quantum information bits, or qubits.

In this paper, the authors show high-fidelity entanglement of 97% between remote trapped ion memories, mediated by time-bin photons. The time-bin nature of photons removes polarization errors and ...

Our scientific interests encompass different branches of soft condensed matter and optical physics, including novel laser trapping and imaging techniques, molecular and colloidal self-assembly, ...

In the quest for ultra-secure, long-range quantum communication, two major challenges stand in the way: the unpredictable nature of atmospheric turbulence and the limitations of current optical ...

Scientists have unlocked a new way to control ionization, the process where atoms lose electrons, using specially designed ...

Researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have developed an optical sensor that could help solve this problem. Room thermostats are used in almost every building today to regulate the ...