Physicists move closer to efficient single-photon sources

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 15:00 in Physics & Chemistry

A team of physicists in the United Kingdom has taken a giant step toward realizing efficient single-photon sources, which are expected to enable much-coveted completely secure optical communications, also known as "quantum cryptography." The team presents its findings in Applied Physics Letters, a journal published by the American Institute of Physics.

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