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26 November 2014
Quantum leap as Southampton joins £120 million network to develop future quantum technology
Quantum chip, which will be used to miniaturise the atom traps by a factor of around 10,000 to make them portable.
Copyright: University of Southampton
The University of Southampton is part of a new £120 million national network of Quantum Technology Hubs, that will put its cutting-edge research in quantum sensors at the forefront of future technologies to drive the UK’s economy.The new network, announced today (Wednesday 26 November) by Greg Clark, Minister of State for...
25 November 2014
Science Minister meets the Zepler Institute team
L-R: Prof Rob Eason, Prof Sir David Payne, the RT Hon Greg Clark, Prof Phil Nelson, Dr Themis Prodromakis
Related Links:
• Microstructured fibres, ORC website
• Novel glass and fibre, ORC website
• Silica-on-silicon waveguides, ORC website
• Brain-inspired chips
• Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group website
The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Minister of State for...
18 November 2014
New technique to help produce next generation photonic chips
Ultrafast photomodulation spectroscopy
Researchers from the University of Southampton have developed a new technique to help produce more reliable and robust next generation photonic chips.Photonic chips made from silicon will play a major role in future optical networks for worldwide data traffic. The high refractive index of silicon makes optical structures the size of a fraction of the diameter of a human hair possible. Squeezing more and more optical structures for light distribution, modulation...
17 November 2014
Young ORC scientists light the way for future electronic devices
Thermoelectric device prototype fabricated by Dr Jin Yao.
Copyright: University of Southampton
Related Links:
• Read the full paper in Nature Communications
• Find out more about the Novel Glass and Fibre group
• Find out more about EPSRC
Researchers from the Optoelectronics research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton have demonstrated how glass can be...
31 October 2014
Singapore lights up photonics research with $100 million institute
Left to Right: Professor Sir David Payne, Prof Tjin Swee Chuan, Prof Nikolay Zheludev
Related Links:
• Optoelectronics Research Centre website
• Nanyang Technological University website
The next generation of ultra-fast Internet or ground-breaking electronic circuits, powered by light instead of electricity, could very well be built on research done at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in conjunction...
23 October 2014
New experiment provides route to macroscopic high-mass superpositions
Related Links:
• Published research in Nature Communications
University of Southampton scientists have designed a new experiment to test the foundations of quantum mechanics at the large scale.Standard quantum theory places no limit on particle size and current experiments use larger and larger particles, which exhibit wave-like behaviour. However, at these masses experiments begin to probe extensions to standard quantum mechanics, which describe the apparent quantum-to-classical...

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