Quantum dots, semiconductor nanostructures exhibiting discrete energy levels, have emerged as quintessential quantum emitters for on‐demand single-photon generation. Their unique confinement ...

The proposed method uses a single rare-earth ion, trapped inside a tapered optical fiber, to directly generate and guide single photons within the fiber, representing a key low-cost component for ...

Tiny tubes of carbon that emit single photons from just one point along their length have been made in a deterministic manner by RIKEN researchers. Such carbon nanotubes could form the basis of future ...

Researchers develop a new detector with over 84% photon detection efficiency and multiple operation modes. NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon single-photon detectors ...

Strengthening the brightness of single-photon light sources with magnetism. (Nanowerk News) As the demand for more secure data transmission increases, conventional communication technologies are ...

The experimental layout of the sender Alice and the receiver Bob. Alice’s setup contains the excitation and collection setup of the single photon source, and a Sagnac-like polarization modulator for ...

Researchers are learning to flip light on and off one particle at a time, turning single photons into a controllable resource instead of a random byproduct of exotic materials. By engineering ...

Researchers at Tampere University and their collaborators from Germany and India have experimentally confirmed that angular momentum is conserved when a single photon is converted into a ...

Atomically precise sources promise new quantum optical applications. A “color center” being created in a carbon nanotube. Tiny tubes of carbon that emit single photons from just one point along their ...

Quantum Computing Inc., an integrated photonics and quantum optics technology company, has announced the successful shipment of its first commercial entangled photon source to support research in ...