Physicists are learning to treat light not as an untouchable beam that simply passes through matter, but as something that ...

Research shows twisting light-matter coupling can unlock unusual topological phenomena, advancing nanophotonics and quantum ...

A new discovery shows that messy, stray light can be used to clean up quantum systems instead of disrupting them. University ...

A chip-scale interface entangles light and electronic states without cryogenic cooling, bringing quantum networking hardware ...

Light that twists as it travels and materials whose internal order is knotted like a pretzel are starting to collide in the ...

Researchers from Wits University and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona show how controlling the structure of photons in space and time enables tailored quantum states for next-generation communication ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Quantum light sources are a fundamental building block for many quantum technologies, enabling secure communication, powerful computing, and precise sensing and imaging.

Computers benefit greatly from being connected to the internet, so we might ask: What good is a quantum computer without a quantum internet? The secret to our modern internet is the ability for data ...

Quantum computers will break encryption one day. But converting data into light particles and beaming them around using thousands of satellites might be one way around this problem. When you purchase ...