Quantum memories can extend network range via repeaters. A new approach uses 3D-nanoprinted 'light cages' filled with atomic vapor, enabling scalable on-chip quantum storage. (Nanowerk News) Quantum ...

In the rapidly growing field of hybrid quantum photonics, the realization of miniaturized, integrated quantum-optical systems with intense light-matter interaction is of great importance for both ...

Atoms and light: the main image is an illustration of atoms entering the cage, which contains light. The insets are electron microscope images of the cage’s structure. (Courtesy: Flavie ...

Tiny 3D-printed “light cages” are giving researchers a new way to catch and hold individual particles of light on a chip, a capability that has long been a missing ingredient for a practical quantum ...

Figure | Integration of a light cage chip in a cesium vapor cell. (a) Light cage chip sealed inside its cesium vapor cell. Eight light cages with various geometries were printed on the chip.