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In this computer simulation of the exciton distribution, the pale blue dots show how the excitons are confined in each pocket of the egg-crate-like energy landscape. (Fengcheng Wu, University of Maryland.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A new path toward sending and receiving information with single photons of light has been discovered<\/a> by an international team of researchers led by the University of Michigan. Their experiment demonstrated the possibility of using an effect known as nonlinearity to modify and detect extremely weak light signals, taking advantage of distinct changes to a quantum system to advance next generation computing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, as silicon-electronics-based information technology becomes increasingly throttled by heating and energy consumption, nonlinear optics is under intense investigation as a potential solution. \u201cResearchers have wondered whether detectable nonlinear effects can be sustained at extremely low power levels\u2014down to individual photons. This would bring us to the fundamental lower limit of power consumption in information processing,\u201d said Hui Deng<\/strong>, a professor of physics and senior author of the paper in Nature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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