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Optics
Credit: Jean-Michel Naud Photography/Nord Quantique
Four-qubit quantum system in an open dilution refrigerator at Nord Quantique's Sherbrooke headquarters.
Quantum
Building quantum computers from the qubit up
Nord Quantique embeds error correction directly into its hardware via superconducting bosonic codes for a 1:1 logical-to-physical qubit ratio.
Sept. 7, 2026
Credit: X. Jiang et al., Commun. Mater. (2026); CC-BY 4.0
A 20 Euro bill photographed via conventional camera on left, and with its security feature revealed via NIR device on the right.
Detectors & Imaging
Tiny ‘upconverter’ turns invisible near-infrared patterns into visible green light
Sept. 3, 2026
Credit: Swetapadma Sahoo
Swetapadma Sahoo in the lab.
Quantum
Diamond quantum emitter decoupled from vibrations may be a gamechanger
Sept. 1, 2026
The QuINSiDa project demonstrates how free-space optical links extend quantum-secure connectivity between fixed infrastructure and mobile platforms; the picture depicts the vision driving the project.
Quantum
Quantum-safe free-space connectivity?
Aug. 31, 2026
Credit: Philipp Denghel
An artist’s impression of a frozen optical fiber core within a glass capillary that efficiently guides and couples light and sound waves.
Optics
Frozen liquid-core optical fiber enhances nonlinear optics response
Aug. 28, 2026
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Optics
PODCAST: Meet Shankaran Janardhanan, GlobalFoundries
Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
Aug. 25, 2026
Context-aware AR applications require optical systems to maintain readable, high-contrast information across changing real-world environments, which makes legibility and visual comfort increasingly important measures of performance.
Optics
AI redefines performance metrics for AR optical systems
Aug. 19, 2026
Credit: Christopher R. Shelton
VAR Lab researchers capture the Liberty Bell with a Canon EOS R5 Mark II for documentation and photogrammetry during one of three limited-access scanning sessions inside the Liberty Bell Center.
Test & Measurement
Field metrology captures high-res scan of ‘untouchable’ Liberty Bell
Aug. 17, 2026
Credit: B. Schröder/HZDR
A THz electromagnetic wave induces strong, fast temporal modulations that result in a photonic time crystal—a.k.a. a crystal lattice in time for photons.
Optics
Can an all-optical photonic time crystal advance unlock the terahertz frequency range?
Aug. 13, 2026
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