The Integrated Quantum Networks Hub will address the challenges underpinning the establishment of a “quantum internet”, by developing the novel technologies, protocols and industry standards necessary for the deployment of a secure, scalable, quantum communications infrastructure for the UK and beyond.

Lower cooling requirements, longer operating times, lower error rates: Quantum computers based on spin photons and diamond promise significant advantages over competing quantum computing technologies. The consortium of the BMBF project SPINNING coordinated by Fraunhofer IAF has succeeded in decisively advancing the development of spin-photon-based quantum computers. On October 22 and 23, 2024, the partners presented the interim project results at the mid-term meeting of the BMBF funding measure Quantum Computer Demonstration Setups in Berlin.

Researchers at TMOS, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, and their collaborators at RMIT University have developed a new 2D quantum sensing chip using hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) that can simultaneously detect temperature anomalies and magnetic field in any direction in a new, groundbreaking thin-film format.

Yale researchers have figured out a better way to control the path of light on small chips, a breakthrough that could lead to better and cheaper sensors, smart phones, and other devices. Led by Prof. Peter Rakich, the results are published in Nature Photonics.

ACS Nano features the physics professor’s latest breakthrough, developing an advanced, scalable method for creating, brightening and directing light on a chip for quantum cryptography and photon-encrypted telecommunications of the future.

Yale researchers, in collaboration with scientists from City University of New York, California Institute of Technology, Kansas State University and ETH Zurich, leveraged the unusual properties of phonon-polaritons, a type of quasiparticle, to discover a new way to dissipate the energy of high-speed electrons through the generation of long wavelength infrared light.

A new study led by Associate Professor Dong Zhaogang from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) has found a way to achieve substantial wavelength tuning at ambient conditions using tiny, tunable nanostructures and low-voltage electrical control. This discovery is published in Advanced Materials in a paper titled, “Electrically tunable and modulated perovskite quantum emitters via surface-enhanced Landau damping”.

Newly published research in the journal Nature demonstrates a new way of generating long-wave infrared and terahertz waves, which is an important step toward creating materials that can help realize these technological advances. The work, led by researchers at the CUNY ASRC paves the way for cheaper, smaller long-wave infrared light sources and more efficient device cooling.

A research team from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in collaboration with several research institutions in China and South Africa, has developed the world’s first quantum microsatellite and demonstrated real-time quantum key distribution (QKD) between the satellite and multiple compact, mobile ground stations.

At TU Wien (Vienna), methods are being developed to extract valuable substances from biomass – and quantum cascade lasers offer some very interesting new possibilities.