Showing posts with label photonics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photonics. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

The new method for manipulating light with a Narwhal wave function breaks limits.





“Narwhal-shaped wavefunctions describe a unique way of confining light to extremely small spaces. The mode volume measures how tightly light is confined and affects. How strongly it interacts with matter. It is defined as the total electric energy spread across space divided by its peak value. These wavefunctions combine sharp local enhancement with rapid overall decay, allowing light to be compressed far beyond usual limits without energy loss. Credit: Renmin Ma et al.” (ScitechDaily, Scientists Break Light’s Limits With “Narwhal” Wavefunctions)

In photonic information technology, the system traps single photons into it. Then it drives information into those photons. As we know. The photon. It looks. A little bit like a wheel. Information is stored in that wheel as a form of wave movement. The big problem was. How to control those photons. The answer can be in the system that puts the photon into spin. That spin forms the spiral-shaped wave field in the quantum field. And that thing can act as a tool that allows control of light. 

This spiral-shaped wave function. It can also be used to transmit information between photons. The spiral wave field looks like the horn of a narwhal. The big difference between older technologies is that the system. It can use the laying photons. In this model, photons. They are in the position. Those bigger sides of photons are against each other. And that allows faster information transmission. 

Because the transmitting area is bigger. Or, as you can see from the lower diagram, the system. It can press information through the photon ring. When information is transported to the photon ring. And the wave movement travels through it. That copies those shapes into that wave movement. 

“The Narwhal wave function is a novel approach to confining light in small spaces.  It enables extreme, sub-diffraction confinement of light in lossless dielectric nanostructures, with an ultra-small mode volume. And that thing.Makes it possible to use that thing in new photonic communication. “The researchers also used these highly localized wavefunctions to develop a new imaging approach called the singular optical microscope. (ScitechDaily, Scientists Break Light’s Limits With “Narwhal” Wavefunctions)



“Comparison between a twisted lattice cavity and a singulonic cavity. Left: schematic and field distribution (in logarithmic scale) of a twisted lattice cavity; Right: schematic and field distribution (in logarithmic scale) of a singulonic cavity. The power-law divergence of the narwhal-shaped wavefunction enhances the electric field intensity by more than six orders of magnitude in the deep-subwavelength region. Credit: Renmin Ma et al.”(ScitechDaily, Scientists Break Light’s Limits With “Narwhal” Wavefunctions)

“By exciting eigenmodes within singular dielectric cavities, the technique generates tightly confined electromagnetic fields whose resonance shifts respond to very small structural details. This enabled a record spatial resolution of λ/1000. And allowed imaging of deeply subwavelength patterns, including the letters “PKU” and “SFM.” (ScitechDaily, Scientists Break Light’s Limits With “Narwhal” Wavefunctions)

These types of things are necessary for making the quantum network. The biggest problem with photonic communication is how to drive information into the single photons. In this layer, the system must be very highly accurate. Before this new model, the system used plasmons to press photons to the layer. This method was. A little bit too complicated. To create. The accuracy that the quantum networks needed. 


https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1102339


https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-break-lights-limits-with-narwhal-wavefunctions/

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

New quantum technology. It makes it possible. To control light and thermal energy.



“A rendering of the metasurface chip in action. When hit with an infrared laser, the microscopic chip converts the incoming light to a higher frequency and sends it out as a narrow beam that can be precisely directed. Credit: T. Sun, edited.” (ScitechDaily, This Ultra-Thin Device Controls Light Like a Microscopic Spotlight) The entire car, ship, or aviation vehicle can be covered. By using this kind of chip. That chip can make it possible to create ultimate stealth solutions or conduct energy out. From layer very fast. 

Nanotechnology and photonics are ultimate tools for making protective systems. The nanomaterials, which can be a graphene network. And fullerene nanotubes can be the tool. That can turn laser weapons ineffective. The system. It can shoot very low-energy photons or electrons against the laser beams. The idea is that. Those particles bind energy. From laser beams and other electromagnetic radiation. The low-energy electrons. That the system shoots through. The fullerene network can also bind those carbon atoms together. They can conduct thermal energy out of the layer. 

This means that the system. It can make the cooling beam possible. The cooling- or freezing beam means. The low-energy particles. That binds energy into them. This kind of technology can revolutionize nuclear energy and aviation. The ability to control thermal energy. It makes it possible. To control temperature and kinetic energy in the system. 


“Yellow waves show propagating atomic vibrations observed at ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source. In a smart, switchable ceramic, an electric field aligns charges so vibrations along white field lines travel farther with fewer disruptions — boosting heat flow nearly threefold. Credit: Phoenix Pleasant/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy” (ScitechDaily, Scientists Find a Way To Control Heat Flow With Electricity). In another way. The system shoots low-energy electrons or photons against the heat wave. The idea is that those low-energy particles bind energy into themselves. 

The new material can conduct light. Wth new precision . The microscopic device controls light like a microscopic spotlight. And that can make it possible to create new photonic devices. The ability to conduct and control light. Into a wanted direction makes it possible to create new types of systems that could make it possible to wash the quantum noise out of the quantum systems. This kind of ability also makes it possible to create ultimate quantum stealth systems, which aim light and other types of EM radiation into the desired direction. 

These types of devices and materials can be used to spread laser beams. All around the surface. And that can make it possible. To create a layer that protects layers against lasers and high-energy infrared radiation. This kind of thing can offer a possibility to conduct things like infrared lasers and other thermal radiation out of the layer. 

Another thing that we must realize is that. First time in history. Reseachers controlled heat waves by using. electricity. Basically. It is very easy to control heat by using electron beams. When the cathode system sends electron beams against heat waves, those electrons act. Like water molecules.  They bind thermal energy into them. And that thing makes it possible to decrease the incoming thermal energy level. That kind of system. It can conduct energy away from the infrared radiation. And it can make laser systems ineffective. 

There is also a possibility that the low-energy particles can protect structures against even a thermonuclear explosion. If the cloud of low-energy particles is between the target and the nuclear explosion. Theoretically, they can bind so much energy that the nuclear explosion turns ineffective. The idea is that those low-energy particles are shot against the energy impulse that comes from the nuclear explosion. Could this thing really be possible? It depends on how fast those particles can bind energy to themselves. 


https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-find-a-way-to-control-heat-flow-with-electricity/


https://scitechdaily.com/this-ultra-thin-device-controls-light-like-a-microscopic-spotlight/


Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Researchers split a photon into two pieces.

Researchers split a photon into two pieces. 



"By splitting a single photon, scientists confirmed that angular momentum is always conserved — a billion-to-one experiment that reinforces the foundations of quantum physics. Credit: SciTechDaily.com" (ScitechDaily, Scientists Just Split a Single Photon. Here’s What They Found)

The image above introduces a situation. The wave movement impacts a photon. That thing makes the photon oscillate and send a wave movement. That thing can also split a photon into two pieces. When a photon travels in a quantum network. Transporting information. The system must store information about that photon. 

And after that, the system must also download information from that photon. The very thin wave bites could act like the needle of the gramophone. The system scans the depth of the waves that are on the photon’s surface. The quantum system stores information in those waves. And the number of waves determines how many states the qubit can have. Another determinant is the depth of those waves. 

Researchers at the University of Tampere split a photon into two photons. That thing proved that even photons follow one of the basic rules in physics: the conservation of angular momentum. So, if the system can make photons act like a gyroscope. And keep those photons in the same position, which makes a new advance in photonics and quantum computing. A series of superpositioned and entangled photons can transport information in nanotube-based systems. 


"Schematic of a single photon with zero angular momentum (green) splitting into two photons (red) with either zero or opposite angular momenta (sketched through the spatially varying color), which adds up to zero confirming the fundamental angular momentum conservation law. Credit: Robert Fickler / Tampere University"(ScitechDaily, Scientists Just Split a Single Photon. Here’s What They Found)



Splitting a photon into two photons by aiming a laser beam, or a wave movement through it. It is one of the things that can make quantum networks closer to reality. In a quantum network, information is stored in particles, like photons.  In a quantum network, particles travel and transport information. In a regular network, wave movement acts as an information transporter. 

The problem with the quantum network is this. Those particles that travel in that network. Should not touch anything unexpected. Any field or unexpected error in the quantum network causes a situation. There is information that particle transport can be damaged. The problem with error detection is this. The system cannot detect errors that happen in some quantum line. 

The answer for error detection is to send information using two separate lines. If those lines create identical solutions, the answer is ” probably closer, right than wrong”. In reasonable circuits. The system makes all calculations backward. And if the answer is the original values, the system gives the right answer. But if the system transports information into two lines, it must split that thing into two routes. 

In a quantum network. That requires that the system must create two identical information packs. So, the ability to split photons can be a tool for quantum routers. But the system can use this technology in quantum computers. Splitting photons and putting them into superposition and quantum entanglement is one thing that can make the quantum chips closer to everyday reality. The information that photon also follows the principle of angular momentum is the thing. That can be important for quantum technology. If the system knows when photons “fall” in quantum entanglement, that can improve the quantum system's effectiveness. 


https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-split-a-single-photon-heres-what-they-found/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_momentum

Saturday, August 2, 2025

Quantum microchips and photonic interactions.



"Artistic representation of metasurface quantum graphs. Credit: Joshua Mornhinweg" (ScitechDaily, Harvard Just Collapsed a Quantum Computer Onto a Chip)



Harvard scientists built a quantum computer on a chip. And that drives advances to the room- or table-sized quantum computers and quantum networks. This kind of system can also make the quantum internet, at least in the short range, possible. But long-distance wireless quantum communication requires new tools like photonics. Some researchers say that the future is in photonic microchips. That means the light acts as a data transporter. Those systems will use less energy than electric microchips.  But that thing requires new systems like optical gates. Today, researchers can make photonic microchips, but those systems are large-scale, and their mirrors and light cutters require AI-based systems that can control those light-based components. 

The main problem is how to make effective photonic versions of the electric components. And especially the photonic gates and switches are hard to make. The reason for that is that leaders will heat the physical iris. And controlling that system is not as effective as it should be. Data travels differently in those microchips. Theoretically, the system can use two frequencies or colors. The green can be one, and red can be zero. The system inputs serial numbers to those photonic bits so that the system can sort them into the right order. But the control system is very complicated. 





"Light can scatter off light, revealing ghostly particles and clues to cracking the universe’s fundamental laws. Credit: SciTechDaily.com" (ScitechDaily, Light Versus Light: The Secret Physics Battle That Could Rewrite the Rules)


Photonic interactions can solve many problems in quantum networks. If we think of a system that shoots a thin light wave or light quantum through the photon, that system can make the new quantum internet possible. The system downloads data to the particle from the photon, and then that data travels to that wave. For working perfectly, that system requires very accurate ways to control photons and their interactions. The photonic systems that are in the photonic interactions, where light scatters light to make possible things like optical gates. The photonic gate means a system where another lightwave or photon cuts the route of the lightwave. The system can also adjust the energy level of the light wave or adjust the lightwave’s wavelength. 

The photonic system that scatters light allows the cone that protects microchips and sensitive components against outgoing radiation. That system makes lightwaves travel past the layer. It would deny electromagnetic waves from reaching the shell of the system. The photonic interaction or scattering effect can make it possible to create new types of stealth systems. The idea is that the light or photons form a needle that scatters lightwaves past the object. If that scattered light can aim electromagnetic radiation to reach and reflect from the surface or aims reflection out from the observer, that thing makes the object itself invisible. There can be standing waves at the crossing point of the scattered waves. So the observer would see the lights in those points. 


https://scitechdaily.com/harvard-just-collapsed-a-quantum-computer-onto-a-chip/

https://scitechdaily.com/light-versus-light-the-secret-physics-battle-that-could-rewrite-the-rules/


Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Photonics and qubits.



Photonics is a new science. Researchers make some new things almost every day. To that new, interesting science that offers limitless possibilities. The two-photon technology can mean. The photonic version of the scanning tunneling microscope. The other photon is in the frame. And the other photon hovers above the object. When another photon hovers near the surface. That causes interactions in those photons' quantum field. And that makes it possible to scan the atom's internal structures. Quantum systems require the ability to see things that the system can make interactions. 

That means the system that sees the position of things like electrons makes it possible to create Rydberg states in atoms with ultimate accuracy. Another thing is that this kind of system can increase the power of the quantum data transmissions. The system can create hollow laser beams. And then shoot the photons their data is stored in this quantum channel. The quantum channel protects information in the quantum channel. 

But quantum computers can be more advanced. If the system can use superconducting wires to transport information. The information can travel in the superconducting wire. Or it can transported between two superpositioned and entangled photons that hover in that quantum field. In the last version, the quantum field protects data in the quantum channel. 

What if we create a system where the wire moves and data stand in a static place or point on the wire? The thing in room temperature quantum computers is that. 

The Hall effect or resistance destroys data in the wire. But if the system stores data in a static point and moves that point. 

That eliminates the Hall effect. So the idea is that the wire moves and the data stays in static lace in the wire. 




"The general definition of a qubit as the quantum state of a two-level quantum system." (Wikipedia, Qubit)

The quantum computer is very close to the analog computer. We can think of the superposition and quantum entanglement we can think of that system as a C-cassette-style component. The difference between this system is that the system writes data to tape. Then it transports that point to the receiver. Then the data is in the static point. The moving tape moves data to the receiver. 

It's possible to load information row to line into the C-cassettes or series of C-cassettes and then drive that data to the receiver. It is easier to use individual tape for each quantum state. Those cassettes can benefit nanotechnology. 

We can think that qubit's states are strings. Every string has values 0 and 1.  So, theoretically is possible to create a qubit using the line of microprocessors. That means the computer line can used to make the virtual quantum computer.

Quantum computers can store information in the DNA. In that chemical version, the base pairs A, T, and G, C can be 1 and 0. ( (AT) =1 and (GC)=0) or every base can be the individual state of the qubit. A=1, T=2, G=3, C=4. In that case, the pair numbers can be 1 in those states. And pairless can be zero. The electric impulse that tells if the computer will shut down. 

The system writes the data to tape. And then tape transports that point into the reader that transports data to output.  But can that kind of analog computer be the quantum computer simulation or the quantum computer that can operate at room temperature? 

There is a model where the very thin iron wires can store data. Then those iron wires move that point in them into the receiver. The idea is that the wire that moves can keep the information in its original form. The problem is that the resistance, or Hall field destroys the data structure that travels over the wire. But what if wire travels and data stands at the same point? The idea is that wire travels between two points. The writer writes data to the wire. And then the wire moves that point like a tape recorder to the receiver. 


https://scitechdaily.com/a-million-qubits-within-reach-as-microsoft-redefines-quantum-computing/



https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-cracked-the-code-to-supercharge-quantum-networks/



https://scitechdaily.com/seeing-the-invisible-world-scientists-decipher-two-photon-vision/



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_pair



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_effect



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qubit


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