{"id":226899,"date":"2025-12-11T09:23:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T15:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/theoretical-results-could-lead-to-faster-more-secure-quantum-technology"},"modified":"2025-12-11T09:23:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T15:23:22","slug":"theoretical-results-could-lead-to-faster-more-secure-quantum-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/theoretical-results-could-lead-to-faster-more-secure-quantum-technology","title":{"rendered":"Theoretical results could lead to faster, more secure quantum technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/theoretical-results-could-lead-to-faster-more-secure-quantum-technology.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>University of Iowa researchers have discovered a method to \u201cpurify\u201d photons, an advance that could make optical quantum technologies more efficient and more secure.<\/p>\n<p>The work is <a href=\"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/abstract.cfm?URI=opticaq-3-6-500\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal Optica Quantum.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers investigated two nagging challenges to creating a steady stream of single photons, the gold standard method for realizing photonic quantum computers and secure communication networks. One obstacle is called <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2025-04-scientists-high-efficiency-photon-source.html?utm_source=embeddings&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=internal\" rel=\"related\">laser scatter<\/a>, which occurs when a laser beam is directed at an atom, causing it to emit a photon, which is a single unit of light. While effective, the technique can yield extra, redundant photons, which hampers the optical circuit\u2019s efficiency, much like a wayward current in an electrical circuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Iowa researchers have discovered a method to \u201cpurify\u201d photons, an advance that could make optical quantum technologies more efficient and more secure. The work is published in the journal Optica Quantum. The researchers investigated two nagging challenges to creating a steady stream of single photons, the gold standard method for realizing photonic quantum [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,48,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-particle-physics","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}