Quantum networking milestone in real-world environment

A team has developed and demonstrated a novel, fully functional quantum local area network, or QLAN, to enable real-time adjustments to information shared with geographically isolated systems using entangled photons passing through optical fiber. Read […]

How flawed diamonds ‘lead’ to flawless quantum networks

Lead-based vacancy centers in diamonds that form after high-pressure and high-temperature treatment are ideal for quantum networks, find scientists. The modified crystal system could also find applications in spintronics and quantum sensors. Read More Quantum […]

When soap bubbles turn to soup

With the help of high-resolution microscopy, scientists at MPQ successfully observed the transformation of a metal of magnetic polarons into a normal Fermi liquid. Furthermore, the team was able to measure novel correlations that could […]

Photonic chip is key to ‘nurturing’ quantum computers

Quantum computers are gaining pace. They promise to provide exponentially more computing power for certain very tricky problems. They do this by exploiting the peculiar behaviour of quantum particles, such as photons of light. A […]

Switching on a superfluid

We can learn a lot by studying microscopic and macroscopic changes in a material as it crosses from one phase to another, for example from ice to water to steam. A new study examines systems […]

Quantum cryptography Records with Higher-Dimensional Photons

A new and much faster quantum cryptography protocol has been developed: Usually, quantum cryptography is done with photons that can be in two different states. Using eight different states, cryptographic keys can be generated much […]