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Quantum Sensors: Toward the Ultimate Limits


Diagram of a quantum sensorQuantum sensors introduce unprecedented exploration and control of the nano-scale world. Operating according to uniquely quantum mechanics laws, quantum sensors have the potential to achieve the highest possible sensitivity, efficiency and selectivity allowed by nature.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Extending Einstein

Researchers at the University of Waterloo and the University of Calgary have carried out an experiment, using the quantum properties of three particles of light, that could provide new insights into the philosophical arguments by Einstein about the foundations of quantum mechanics.

The Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, the state-of-the-art new headquarters of IQC, officially opened Sept. 21 during a ceremony attended by more than 1,000 guests.

The science of the incredibly small has taken a giant leap at the University of Waterloo.

The university’s newest and most scientifically sophisticated building, the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, officially opened Sept. 21 with a ceremony attended by more than 1,000 guests and dignitaries, including Prof. Stephen Hawking.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Quantum teleportation goes the distance

Three IQC scientists were part of an international research team that achieved a record-breaking quantum teleportation across the Canary Islands.