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fromFuturism
4 hours ago

Scientists Say They've Found "Dark Points" That Move Faster Than the Speed of Light

Faster-than-light 'dark points' in light waves have been observed, moving without mass and not violating relativity.
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fromNature
3 days ago

Entanglement and electronic coherence in attosecond molecular photoionization - Nature

Attosecond pulses from high-harmonic generation create entangled ion-photoelectron systems, enabling observation of coherent dynamics in quantum states.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
1 day ago

Lumentum's Path to $1,000 per Share Runs Straight Through the AI Optics Boom

Lumentum Holdings is a key player in AI infrastructure, providing essential optical components for data centers, with significant stock growth and future potential.
#quantum-computing
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fromTNW | Quantum-Tech
2 days ago

Quanscient and Haiqu ran a 15-step nonlinear quantum fluid simulation

A new quantum algorithm enables complex fluid simulations on real quantum hardware, reducing qubit requirements and circuit depth for industrial applications.
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fromNature
1 month ago

Why 'quantum proteins' could be the next big thing in biology

Fluorescent proteins from crystal jellyfish are being transformed into quantum bits to create highly sensitive quantum sensors for biological applications.
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fromArs Technica
3 weeks ago

Quantum computing meets the Mobius molecule

IBM used a quantum computer algorithm to help create a molecule with half-Möbius topology, demonstrating quantum computation's growing practical utility in chemistry.
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fromNature
3 days ago

Moire engineering of Cooper-pair density modulation states - Nature

Weak-coupling spin-singlet superconductors can host finite-momentum Cooper pairing, leading to PDW states that break lattice translational symmetry.
Tech industry
fromTechzine Global
2 weeks ago

Cisco Silicon One combines uniform chip design with specific deployments

Cisco's Silicon One G300 is a 102.4 terabit networking chip designed for advanced AI data center infrastructure.
London startup
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 weeks ago

Funding and procurement to target UK quantum innovation | Computer Weekly

The UK government commits £1bn over four years to advance quantum computing development, scaling, and infrastructure across multiple technology areas.
fromNature
3 weeks ago

A large-scale coherent 4D imaging sensor - Nature

Across various fields, from spatial mapping for reconnaissance and construction to facial recognition, virtual and augmented reality and autonomous driving, accurate 3D representation of dynamically evolving environments is paramount for safe human-machine interaction. Therefore, substantial research efforts are directed towards developing a cost-effective, high-performance and scalable 3D imaging sensor comparable with a CMOS camera.
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Gadgets
fromTheregister
3 weeks ago

Lightmatter says latest photonics will halve DC fiber bill

LightMatter's Passage L20 optical engine reduces datacenter fiber usage by half using near-package integration instead of co-packaging, positioning between pluggable modules and co-packaged optics.
European startups
fromTechzine Global
3 weeks ago

First factory for InP photonic chips on 6-inch wafer scale in the Netherlands

Eindhoven is building the world's first industrial factory for indium phosphide photonic chips on 6-inch wafers, funded by €150 million from the EU Chips Act and PIXEurope consortium.
Venture
from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks ago

Optical-Tech Stocks Looking Sharp: Ciena Up 9%, Lumentum Rises 8%, Coherent Climbs 7%

Optical-technology stocks surged on AI infrastructure demand, with Ciena leading after beating earnings and raising guidance, while Lumentum and Coherent gained from S&P 500 inclusion.
#silicon-photonics
Tech industry
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Nvidia burns $4B to light up US photonics manufacturing

Nvidia invests $4 billion in Coherent and Lumentum with multibillion-dollar purchase commitments to secure silicon photonics technology for datacenter networking infrastructure.
Science
fromNature
3 weeks ago

Multimodal electron microscopy of halide perovskite interfacial dynamics - Nature

Halide perovskite LEDs suffer rapid operational degradation due to ion migration and interfacial electrochemical reactions, requiring atomic-scale in situ imaging to understand degradation mechanisms and improve device stability.
fromThesanjoseblog
1 month ago

Nokia Subsidiary Launches Photonic Semiconductor Facility in South San Jose

Infinera Corp., a Nokia subsidiary, purchased the 82,000-square-foot facility at 6373 San Ignacio Avenue for nearly $27 million. The team will convert this former headquarters in South San Jose into a dedicated photonic semiconductor fabrication plant.
Silicon Valley real estate
Venture
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Even Nvidia Sees Lumentum as Lighting the Way Forward

Nvidia invests $2 billion in Lumentum through a strategic partnership to secure advanced optical components for next-generation AI data centers and gigawatt-scale infrastructure.
Tech industry
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Nvidia's spending $4 billion on photonics to stay ahead of the curve in AI

Nvidia invests $2 billion each in Lumentum and Coherent to develop photonics technology for AI data centers, improving energy efficiency and data transfer speeds through optical components.
fromSecurityWeek
1 month ago

NIST's Quantum Breakthrough: Single Photons Produced on a Chip

NIST has developed a chip that reliably emits a single photon on demand. This ability will improve the efficiency of QKD (quantum key distribution) as we prepare for the arrival of quantum computers. Quantum computers will upend current cryptology by using Shor's algorithm to rapidly negate the current public/private key secure encryption methods. This has largely been solved by NIST's post quantum cryptology (PQC) algorithms.
Information security
Berlin
fromComputerWeekly.com
1 month ago

T-Labs demos commercial viability of quantum networking | Computer Weekly

Telecommunications operator demonstrated quantum teleportation of qubits over more than 30 km of commercial fibre, integrating Qunnect's Carina entanglement hardware to support high-fidelity network transport.
Science
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Photons that aren't actually there influence superconductivity

Virtual photons from quantum fields can degrade superconductor performance, providing insights into quantum mechanics and superconductivity behavior.
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Taara Beam provides 25Gbps connectivity over invisible beams of light

Light-based internet provider Taara, which spun out of Alphabet's "moonshot" incubator last year, just launched Taara Beam to provide 25Gbps connectivity within cities over invisible beams of light - line of sight permitting. Unlike last year's Taara Lightbridge, which connects communities separated by water and mountains at distances up to 20km (over 12 miles), the shoebox-sized Beam can be mounted to street poles and roof tops for city-wide connectivity at distances up to 10km. The 8kg (less than 20 pounds) device typically consumes about 90W.
Tech industry
Startup companies
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Neurophos bets on optical transistors to bend Moore's Law

Neurophos is developing an optical processing unit using micron-scale metamaterial modulators to deliver 470 petaFLOPS FP4/INT4 compute at much higher density with comparable power.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

From invisibility cloaks to AI chips: Neurophos raises $110M to build tiny optical processors for inferencing | TechCrunch

Neurophos developed metasurface modulators enabling optical tensor-core chips that perform AI matrix-vector multiplications faster and more energy-efficiently than current GPUs for inference.
fromwww.nature.com
1 month ago

Limitations of probing field-induced response with STM

We demonstrate how the apparent magnetic field induced lattice and CDW intensity change can be explained as a consequence of two independent experimental artifacts: a reconfiguration of atoms at the STM tip apex that alters the amplitudes of CDW modulations, and piezo creep, hysteresis and thermal drift, which artificially distort STM topographs.
Science
fromwww.nature.com
2 months ago

Exciplex-enabled high-efficiency, fully stretchable OLEDs

Here we addressed this challenge by incorporating an intrinsically stretchable exciplex-assisted phosphorescent (ExciPh) layer. The elastomer-tolerant triplet-recycling mechanism mitigates exciton energy transfer limitations arising from the insulating elastomer matrix, yielding a light-emitting layer with more than 200% stretchability and an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 21.7%. To translate this performance to fully stretchable devices, we integrated MXene-contact stretchable electrodes (MCSEs), which feature high mechanical robustness and tunable work function (W
Wearables
Philosophy
fromAeon
2 months ago

Anyons: the two-dimensional particles that reframe reality | Aeon Essays

Anyons form a third class of particle with braiding-based information storage, offering intrinsic protection useful for fault-tolerant quantum computing.
Venture
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Lumentum Leaps Nearly 8% During AI Optics Boom

Optical interconnects are crucial for data center scaling, creating major investment opportunities in optics companies like Lumentum, Coherent, Finisar, and Sienna.
fromTelecompetitor
2 months ago

NMSurf on the decision to deploy Taara Lightbridge free-space optics: Interview

NMSurf is one of the largest fixed wireless providers in New Mexico, serving the central and northern area of the state. La Bajada was previously served by a 3-Gig microwave middle-mile connection. But, Catanach said, the bandwidth was becoming insufficient. New microwave licenses are hard to come by in New Mexico, he added, because the state itself claims many licenses for radio communications.
Tech industry
Science
fromTheregister
1 month ago

DARPA asks labs to outsmart physics with photonic circuits

DARPA is funding efforts to scale photonic integrated circuits to perform larger-scale computing with light using existing photonic components to overcome current physical limitations.
Science
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

The technology that reveals what happens in 0.00000000000000000000001 second

Attosecond-scale light pulses reveal ultrafast electron dynamics, enabling new studies of materials, quantum processes, and biological structures, and have earned major scientific awards.
Science
fromNature
3 months ago

Highly efficient LED device built by stacking layers of light-emitting perovskite

Tandem perovskite LEDs that recycle photons between stacked layers can exceed the combined emissions and efficiency of two single-unit devices.
Science
fromTheregister
2 months ago

MIT scientists move structural color beyond the lab

A handheld laser system called MorphoChrome paints programmable iridescent structural colors onto holographic photopolymer film for integration into flexible and rigid objects.
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fromianVisits
2 months ago

Tickets Alert: Visit the UK's largest particle accelerator - the Diamond Light Source

A synchrotron near Didcot offers occasional free public tours of its ring-shaped particle accelerator that produces powerful X-ray‑like light to probe materials.
fromNature
2 months ago

Long-lived remote ion-ion entanglement for scalable quantum repeaters - Nature

Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China Wen-Zhao Liu, Ya-Bin Zhou, Jiu-Peng Chen, Ao Teng, Xiao-Wen Han, Guang-Cheng Liu, Zhi-Jiong Zhang, Yi Yang, Feng-Guang Liu, Chao-Hui Xue, Bo-Wen Yang, Jin Yang, Chao Zeng, Yi-Zheng Zhen, Feihu Xu, Ye Wang, Yong Wan, Qiang Zhang & Jian-Wei Pan
fromNextgov.com
2 months ago

Quantum cameras could remake space-based intelligence

Can quantum physics enable better, cheaper, faster satellite photos? In a month or two, a startup will test a "quantum camera" for space-based imaging. If it works, it could slash the cost of missile defenses and give smaller NATO allies and partners spy-satellite capabilities that were once exclusive to major powers.
Science
fromNature
1 month ago

Not just a chip off the old block: nanoparticles reveal odd traits

A new way of probing nanometre-scale particles of a single chemical element has revealed that they have markedly different properties from larger chunks of the same element.
Science
fromNature
1 month ago

Large-scale analogue quantum simulation using atom dot arrays - Nature

Analogue quantum simulations are a useful tool for investigating these systems, particularly in regimes in which the applicability of numerical techniques is limited. For different simulator platforms, figures of merit include the electron bandwidth and interaction strength, temperature and the number of simulated lattice sites. Their use is further underscored by the ability to realize distinct lattice geometries, on-site degrees of freedom and by the physical observables that are accessible to experimental measurement.
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fromNature
2 months ago

Optical control of integer and fractional Chern insulators - Nature

Circularly polarized optical pumping prepares and switches ferromagnetic polarization in twisted MoTe2 bilayers, enabling control of Chern insulator (CI) and fractional Chern insulator (FCI) states.
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fromBig Think
1 month ago

The most important quantum advance of the 21st century

The Pusey-Barrett-Rudolph theorem supports an ontic interpretation of the quantum state and constrains hidden-variable and epistemic models of quantum reality.
fromNature
2 months ago

Constraints on axion dark matter by distributed intercity quantum sensors - Nature

Y.W. designed the experimental protocols, performed experiments, analysed the data and wrote the manuscript. Y.H., X.K., D.C., J.X.X. and W.Z. performed experiments and edited the manuscript. Y.C. and S.P. edited the manuscript. M.J., X.P. and J.D. proposed the experimental concept, designed experimental protocols and proofread and edited the manuscript. All authors contributed with discussions and checking the manuscript. Corresponding authors Correspondence to Min Jiang or Xinhua Peng.
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fromNature
2 months ago

Daily briefing: Largest ever 'superposition' pushes quantum boundary

Quantum superposition observed in sodium clusters of ~7,000 atoms suggests macroscopic quantum behavior, while magnetically controllable proteins and 67,800-year-old cave art reveal diverse scientific advances.
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