Single-photon switch could enable photonic computing
Demid Sychev, a postdoctoral researcher in Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is seen in the reflection of one of many mirrors in the nanophotonics laboratory of Vladimir Shalaev, Purdue’s Bob and Anne Burnett...
Quantum needles of gold
Structural evolution of gold nanoclusters: From anisotropic nucleation to growth into gold quantum needles. The structures were determined by X-ray crystallography. Organic residues of the surface ligands were omitted for clarity. Colour code: Au (gold): yellow; S:...
Quantum computers: New research leans on modularity
Fast sidebands between qubit and high-Q detachable bus. Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. What do children’s building blocks and quantum computing have in common? The answer is modularity. It is difficult for...