The World's First Photonic Router

The World's First Photonic Router
Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Jul 15, 2014 - Weizmann Institute scientists have demonstrated for the first time a photonic router - a quantum device based on a single atom that enables routing of single photons by single photons. This achievement, as reported in Science magazine, is another step toward overcoming the difficulties in building quantum computers. At the core of the device is an atom that can switch between two states. T ... more

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