Researchers found that no universal entanglement purification protocol is guaranteed to improve fidelity of entangled states in all possible quantum systems. Credit: Zhong Lab Quantum entanglement—a connection between particles that…
Category: Quantum Physics
Alternative approach offers low-cost, energy-efficient way to study light-matter interactions
Gaining insights into polariton dynamics. This image captures a laser beam interacting with polariton microcavities, revealing how polaritons help protect emitting materials from brightness loss. Credit: Mikael Nyberg Researchers at…
Simplifying high-dimensional quantum information processing using photons
A photon starting in a single time bin can be probabilistically transformed to a time-bin qudit state. Credit: American Physical Society A team of researchers has developed a technique that…
A scalable approach to distill quantum features from higher-dimensional entanglement
Credit: Fang et al. The operation of quantum technologies relies on the reliable realization and control of quantum states, particularly entanglement. In the context of quantum physics, entanglement entails a…
Physicists discover an unusual chiral quantum state in a topological material
Credit: Shafayat Hossain and Zahid Hasan Lab Chirality—the property of an object that is distinct from its mirror image—has long captivated scientists across biology, chemistry, and physics. The phenomenon is…
Can quantum computers handle energy’s hardest problems?
Caleb Rotello sketches out the thinking that led him and fellow researchers to devise algorithms that benchmark quantum computing’s importance to energy research. Credit: Gregory Cooper, NREL Every week quantum…
Quantum sensing via matter-wave interferometry aboard the ISS could broaden our knowledge of the universe
Upgraded hardware being prepared at Jet Propulsion Lab for launch and install into the Cold Atom Lab on the International Space Station. The Science Module in the background enables CAL…
