NIST’s David J. Wineland Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics | NIST
NIST physicist David Wineland has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, sharing the honor with Serge Haroche of France. The Nobel committee…
NIST Begins Process to Develop Advanced Encryption Standard | NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has initiated a process to develop a new Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to…
Capturing Those In-Between Moments: NIST Solves Timing Problem in Molecular Modeling | NIST
NIST Physicist Develops New Molecular Dynamics Technique A National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicist has developed a new…
Novel Ion Trap with Optical Fiber Could Link Atoms and Light in Quantum Networks | NIST
NIST physicists have developed a novel ion trap with an integrated optical fiber that can collect light emitted by single ions, enabling…
Error-Prone Quantum Bits Could Correct Themselves, NIST Physicists Show | NIST
NIST physicists have developed a new approach to designing quantum memory switches that could self-correct errors in quantum computing. The…
Loopy Photons Clarify ‘Spookiness’ of Quantum Physics | NIST
Researchers at NIST and the Joint Quantum Institute have developed a new method for creating entangled photon pairs using twisted optical…
EEEL Measures High-Order Coherences of Chaotic and Coherent Light | NIST
Researchers at EEEL have developed a new method to measure second-, third-, and fourth-order temporal coherences (g(2), g(3), g(4)) using a…
Closing the Last Bell-test Loophole for Photons | NIST
Researchers have closed the last major loophole in Bell tests for quantum entanglement using ultra-sensitive photon detectors developed by…
New Ion Trap May Lead to Large Quantum Computers | NIST
1. NIST physicists have developed a new ion trap design that could enable mass production of quantum computers. The single-layer trap uses…