Researchers Establish the First Entanglement-Based Quantum Network
A team of researchers from QuTech in the Netherlands reports realization of the first multi-node quantum network, connecting three quantum processors. In addition, they achieved…
Telecommunications
NASA Laser Communications: Empowering More Data Than Ever Before
Launching this summer, NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will showcase the dynamic powers of laser communications technologies. With NASA’s ever-increasing human and robotic presence…
6G and Beyond: Silicon Multiplexer Chip Will Drive Next Generation Communications
A new design of ultra-small silicon chip called a multiplexer will effectively manage terahertz waves which are key to the next generation of communications: 6G…
Advanced Quantum-Enhanced Receiver Boosts Fiber Optics Communications
Technology could avert capacity crunch by enhancing bandwidth while reducing energy consumption. Fiber optic technology is the holy grail of high-speed, long-distance telecommunications. Still, with…
Innovative Technology for Building Ultralow-Loss Integrated Photonic Circuits
Encoding information into light, and transmitting it through optical fibers lies at the core of optical communications. With an incredibly low loss of 0.2 dB/km,…
Enhanced Ceramics Could Play Pivotal Role in Advancing High-Frequency 5G Technology
Some 5G technologies are still considered the wild west in material, design development. 5G, or the fifth-generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks, is touted…
OneWeb Satellite Constellation to Boost Wi-Fi on Planes – Speeds Up to 195Mbps
Flight passengers will soon be able to connect to their families and colleagues on Earth via low-orbit telecommunications satellites. Speeds will be comparable to those…
Quantum Tunneling in Graphene Advances the Age of High Speed Terahertz Wireless Communications
Scientists from MIPT, Moscow Pedagogical State University and the University of Manchester have created a highly sensitive terahertz detector based on the effect of quantum-mechanical…
Next Generation Optical Fibers With 10,000 Times Lower Backscatter
Researchers from the University of Southampton and Université Laval, Canada, have successfully measured for the first time back-reflection in cutting-edge hollow-core fibers that is around…
Data Limits Could Vanish With New Optical Antennas and “Rings of Light”
New research throws wide open the amount of information that can be simultaneously transmitted by a single light source. Researchers at the University of California,…
Encrypted Quantum Computing: When Ignorance Is Wanted
Quantum technologies for computers open up new concepts of preserving the privacy of input and output data of a computation. Scientists from the University of…
Increasing Optical Data Transmission Speed by a Factor of at Least 10,000
A pulsed-laser repetition rate of 57.8 GHz was achieved by inserting a resonator containing graphene. The limitations of the manufacturing process were overcome by directly…
Ditching the Fiber in Fiber Optics: Capturing Free-Space Optical Light for High-Speed WiFi
Plasmonic speed enhancements previously constrained to nanoscale phenomena are replicated on macroscopic devices. Visible and infrared light can carry more data than radio waves, but…
Studying Chaos Phenomena With One of the World’s Fastest Cameras
There are things in life that can be predicted reasonably well. The tides rise and fall. The moon waxes and wanes. A billiard ball bounces…
China Builds the World’s First Integrated Quantum Communication Network
Chinese scientists have established the world’s first integrated quantum communication network, combining over 700 optical fibers on the ground with two ground-to-satellite links to achieve…
Building a Quantum Network Using Tiny Nanoscale Nodes
New research demonstrates a way to use quantum properties of light to transmit information, a key step on the path to the next generation of…
New Material System Developed to Convert and Generate Terahertz Waves for Tomorrow’s Technologies
On the electromagnetic spectrum, terahertz light is located between infrared radiation and microwaves. It holds enormous potential for tomorrow’s technologies: Among other things, it might…
World’s First Transmission of 1 Petabit/S Using a Single-Core Multimode Optical Fiber
A world record transmission of 1 petabit per second in a multimode optical fiber increases the current record data rate in multimode optical fibers by…
