First heralded single photon source made from silicon

Friday, June 29, 2012 - 20:00 in Physics & Chemistry

In an important step towards more practical quantum information processing, researchers have built the first heralded single photon source made from silicon. This source complements two other recently developed silicon-based technologies needed to build a quantum optical circuit or a secure quantum communication system.

Read the whole article on Science Daily

More from Science Daily

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net