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April 11, 2013

Advancing secure communications: A better single-photon emitter for quantum cryptography
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Apr 10, 2013
In a development that could make the advanced form of secure communications known as quantum cryptography more practical, University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated a simpler, more efficient single-photon emitter that can be made using traditional semiconductor processing techniques. Single-photon emitters release one particle of light, or photon, at a time, as opposed to devices like lasers that release a stream of them. Single-photon emitters are essential for quantum cryptography, whi ... read more

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