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Caltech Physicist Named National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow
02/03/2010

Caltech Physicist Named National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow

Jon Weiner

Caltech's H. Jeff Kimble named National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow.

Caltech Physicists Propose Quantum Entanglement for Motion of Microscopic Objects
12/21/2009

Caltech Physicists Propose Quantum Entanglement for Motion of Microscopic Objects

Kathy Svitil

Researchers at the Caltech have proposed a new paradigm that should allow scientists to observe quantum behavior in small mechanical systems. Their ideas, described in the early online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offer a new means of addressing one of the most fascinating issues in quantum mechanics: the nature of quantum superposition and entanglement in progressively larger and more complex systems.

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Mechanics: Nano Meets Quantum
06/19/2009

Mechanics: Nano Meets Quantum

Kathy Svitil

Physicists at Caltech have developed a new tool that can be used to search for quantum effects in an ordinary object.

Uncertainty Principle Used to Detect Entanglement of Photon Shared Among Four Locations
05/08/2009

Uncertainty Principle Used to Detect Entanglement of Photon Shared Among Four Locations

Kathy Svitil

Scientists at Caltech have developed an efficient method to detect entanglement shared among multiple parts of an optical system. They show how entanglement, in the form of beams of light simultaneously propagating along four distinct paths, can be detected with a surprisingly small number of measurements. Entanglement is an essential resource in quantum information science, which is the study of advanced computation and communication based on the laws of quantum mechanics.

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Physicists Transcribe Entanglement into and out of a Quantum Memory
03/05/2008

Physicists Transcribe Entanglement into and out of a Quantum Memory

elisabeth nadin
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have laid the groundwork for a crucial step in quantum information science. They show how entanglement, an essential property of quantum mechanics, can be generated between beams of light, stored in a quantum memory, and mapped back into light with the push of a button.
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High-Speed Data Transfer System Garners Outreach Award
03/04/2008

High-Speed Data Transfer System Garners Outreach Award

elisabeth nadin
The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) has rewarded researchers at the California Institute of Technology for better connecting physicists worldwide. Lead project scientist Harvey Newman, professor of physics at Caltech, Julian Bunn of the Caltech Center for Advanced Computing Research, and their international team of researchers will receive a trophy for Innovations in Networking at a ceremony in Oakland, California, on March 11.
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Segment of Quantum Repeater Demonstrated; May Lead to Long-Distance Quantum Communications
04/06/2007

Segment of Quantum Repeater Demonstrated; May Lead to Long-Distance Quantum Communications

Physicists at the California Institute of Technology have succeeded for the first time in the distribution of "entanglement" in a way that could lead to long-distance quantum communications, scalable quantum networks, and even a quantum internet.

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Caltech Professor Receives German Award for Laser Innovations
10/05/2006

Caltech Professor Receives German Award for Laser Innovations

Deborah Williams-Hedges
H. Jeff Kimble, Valentine Professor and professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology, has been chosen by the German foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung as the initial recipient of its new Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis ("Future Prize").
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Physicists Achieve Quantum Entanglement Between Remote Ensembles of Atoms
12/07/2005

Physicists Achieve Quantum Entanglement Between Remote Ensembles of Atoms

Robert Tindol
Physicists have managed to "entangle" the physical state of a group of atoms with that of another group of atoms across the room. This research represents an important advance relevant to the foundations of quantum mechanics and to quantum information science, including the possibility of scalable quantum networks (i.e., a quantum Internet) in the future.
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NSF funds new Institute for Quantum Information at Caltech
09/13/2000

NSF funds new Institute for Quantum Information at Caltech

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