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Colorful Options for Quantum Dots

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Published October 4, 2012
The quantum states of light emitted by quantum dots stand up to the rigors of frequency conversion.
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Polarized Light in Safe Storage

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Published May 10, 2012
New techniques for storing and retrieving polarized photons improve the quantum memory capabilities of rare-earth-doped crystals.
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Photon Pairs Get More Commercial

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Physics 5, 42 (2012) – Published April 13, 2012
A semiconductor chip that generates entangled photon pairs is friendlier to integration with other chip-based quantum components than any previous device.
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Quantum Pairs Walking

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Published January 5, 2012
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Breaking Free of Bits

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Phys. Rev. Focus 9, 29 (2002) – Published June 6, 2002
A new technique allows sorting of single photons according to their orbital angular momentum–a property that could serve as an alphabet for optical messages.
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Photons Crowd Each Other Out

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Phys. Rev. Focus 9, 24 (2002) – Published May 6, 2002
Microscopic pinholes may soon allow the one-by-one transfer of photons in a way that mimics the process of Coulomb blockade of electrons.
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How to Catch a Moonbeam

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Phys. Rev. Focus 5, 19 (2000) – Published April 26, 2000
Laser photons are great for transmitting quantum information but hard to store. A new theory describes how photon information could be transferred to clouds of atoms in a future quantum computer.