Finding the flux of quantum technology

Date:
July 5, 2023
Source:
University of Pittsburgh
Summary:
We interact with bits and bytes everyday -- whether that's through
sending a text message or receiving an email. There's also quantum
bits, or qubits, that have critical differences from common bits
and bytes.

These photons -- particles of light -- can carry quantum information
and offer exceptional capabilities that can't be achieved any
other way.

Unlike binary computing, where bits can only represent a 0 or 1,
qubit behavior exists in the realm of quantum mechanics. Through
"superpositioning," a qubit can represent a 0, a 1, or any
proportion between. This vastly increases a quantum computer's
processing speed compared to today's computers. Experts are now
investigating the inside of a quantum-dot-based light emitter.


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We interact with bits and bytes everyday -- whether that's through
sending a text message or receiving an email.

There's also quantum bits, or qubits, that have critical differences
from common bits and bytes. These photons -- particles of light --
can carry quantum information and offer exceptional capabilities that
can't be achieved any other way. Unlike binary computing, where bits can
only represent a 0 or 1, qubit behavior exists in the realm of quantum mechanics. Through "superpositioning," a qubit can represent a 0, a 1,
or any proportion between. This vastly increases a quantum computer's processing speed compared to today's computers.

"Learning about the capabilities of qubits has been a driving force for
the emerging field of quantum technologies, opening up new and unexplored applications like quantum communication, computing and sensing," said
Hong Koo Kim, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering.

Quantum technologies are important for a number of fields, like for
banks protecting financial information or providing researchers with
the speed needed to mimic all aspects of chemistry. And through quantum "entanglement," qubits could "communicate" across vast distances as a
single system. Kim and his graduate student, Yu Shi, made a discovery
that may help quantum technology take a quantum leap.

It begins with a single photon Photon-based quantum technologies rely
on single photon sources that can emit individual photons.

These single photons can be generated from nanometer scale semiconductors,
more commonly known as quantum dots. Similar to how microwave antennas broadcast mobile phone signals, a quantum dot acts as an antenna that
radiates light.

"By performing rigorous analysis, we discovered that a quantum dot
emitter - - or a nanometer scale dipole antenna -- traps a large amount of energy," Kim explained. "The outer regime operation of a dipole emitter
is well understood, but this is really the first time a dipole has been
studied on the inside." Photons from those quantum dots come out with handedness, like us a right- handed or left-handed person, and quantum information is carried by this handedness of individual photons. As such, sorting them out to different pathways is an important task for quantum information processing. Kim's team has developed a new way of separating differently-handed photons and efficiently harvesting them for further processing down the road.

"The findings of this work are expected to contribute to developing
high-speed single photon sources, a critical component needed in quantum photonics," Kim said.

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========================================================================== Journal Reference:
1. Yu Shi, Hong Koo Kim. Spin texture and chiral coupling of circularly
polarized dipole field. Nanophotonics, 2023; 12 (1): 129 DOI:
10.1515/ nanoph-2022-0581 ==========================================================================

Link to news story: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230705143012.htm

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