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Physicists demonstrate new method to make single photons 23 July 2018
Scientists need individual photons for quantum cryptography and quantum computers. Leiden physicists have now experimentally demonstrated a new produc...
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Physicists send identical photons through optical fiber 28 March 2018
Leiden physicists have created a light source that emits individual particles in an identical state through optical fibers. Using this setup, their me...
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Rubicon for ‘Artificial Sun’ 13 July 2017
Physicist Christopher Berg Smiet, who recently obtained his PhD in Leiden, has been awarded an NWO Rubicon. The grant allows him to conduct postdoctor...
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Major Expansion Leiden Quantum Computing 08 May 2017
The 18.8 million euro NWO Zwaartekracht grant for quantum software which Amsterdam, Delft and Leiden landed collectively, means for Leiden University ...
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Developing quantum software with a grant of 18.8 million euros 04 May 2017
The first larger quantum computers will soon be available. These computers need new software. Researchers at Leiden University have been awarded a Gra...
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Light manipulated with large artificial atom 29 August 2016
Physicists have manipulated light with large artificial atoms, so-called quantum dots. Before, this has only been done so well with actual atoms. It i...
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Surface Plasmons Measured for Faster Internet 02 June 2016
Leiden physicists use a new method to measure so-called surface plasmons. Researching these particles could lead to new light-based technology, includ...
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Important Effect Observed in Development of Quantum Storage 28 April 2016
Rare-earth materials are prime candidates for storing quantum information, because the undesirable interaction with their environment is extremely wea...
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Breakthrough in uncrackable quantum encryption 01 February 2016
An important discovery makes it possible to communicate complex information among multiple people without the message being cracked. The communicatio...
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Understanding Single Photon Detectors 19 October 2015
Leiden physicists have developed a way to address how accurately a superconducting single photon detector (SSPD) can be characterized by detector tomo...