🦞🌯 Lobster Roll

[Had this up earlier briefly, but removed the post as I took the site down for some fixes for awhile] As I've been exploring AWS services, I got inspired after watching the most recent episode of SV. Certainly nothing fancy but a fun little side project. I'm open if anyone is interested in helpin...

Researchers resolve a long-standing challenge in quantum optics: optimal Bell-state measurement of time-bin encoded qubits, to enhance the key rate of secure quantum communication. Integrated quantum photonics (IQP) is a promising platform for realizing scalable and practical quantum information pro...

Researchers devise an approach to vastly enhance the near-infrared absorption in silicon, which could lead to affordable, high-performance photonic devices. Photonic systems are swiftly gaining momentum in numerous emerging applications, including optical communications, lidar sensing, and medical i...

Scientists developed an innovative multilayered design to significantly boost the performance of next-generation solar cells. Solar power has become indispensable in our global pursuit of clean energy and sustainability. Today, about 95 percent of solar cells are made using crystalline silicon (c-Si...

A new model from PPPL researchers explains the production of black silicon using fluorine gas, enhancing its application in solar cells and marking a new direction in quantum chemistry research. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have developed ...

A new method enables precise nanofabrication inside silicon using spatial light modulation and laser pulses, creating advanced nanostructures for potential use in electronics and photonics. Silicon, the cornerstone of modern electronics, photovoltaics, and photonics, has traditionally been limited t...

A breakthrough in integrated photonics has allowed researchers to harness light manipulation on silicon chips, paving the way for improved quantum computing and secure communications. They developed compact silicon ring resonators to manage 34 qubit-gates and established a novel five-user quantum ne...

International research team unveils the first electrically pumped continuous-wave semiconductor laser designed for seamless integration with silicon. Scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), the University of Stuttgart, the Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP), and th...

A cutting-edge AI acceleration platform powered by light rather than electricity could revolutionize how AI is trained and deployed. Using photonic integrated circuits made from advanced III-V semiconductors, researchers have developed a system that vastly outperforms traditional silicon GPUs in bot...