2<\/sub>O microcrystals with excellent optical material quality.<\/p>\nThe process is compatible with standard silicon fabrication techniques and allows the possibility for photonic circuit integration.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe majority of quantum optics experiments with this material have been performed with geological samples found in mines \u2013 for instance, the Tsumeb mine in Namibia.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur synthesis method is associated with very low-cost fabrication, suitable for mass production and does not require gases or chemicals that are toxic or harmful for the environment,\u201d said Steinhauer.<\/p>\n
Quantum technologies based on solid-state Rydberg excitations<\/h3>\n Steinhauer says the work lays the foundation for realising quantum technologies based on solid-state Rydberg excitations, which are excited quantum states with high principal quantum number.<\/p>\n
These excitations can be interfaced with photonic integrated circuits, aiming at on-chip generation and manipulation of light at the single-photon level, he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cExciting challenges lie ahead to translate quantum information processing and quantum sensing schemes previously developed for Rydberg atoms into the solid-state environment of a semiconductor crystal at the micrometre or nanometre scale.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology report that they have developed a scalable production method for cuprous oxide (Cu2O) micrometre-sized crystals. The compound Cu2O, or cuprous oxide, is a material for quantum photonics, optoelectronics and renewable energy technologies. \u201cThe unique properties of Cu2O can lead to new schemes for quantum information processing with light […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[766,24429],"tags":[763],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Researchers have developed a new method of producing Cu2O<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n