A research team from the University of Vienna and VCQ has successfully demonstrated the first in-orbit operation of a programmable quantum photonic processor on a nanosatellite. This achievement transitions spaceborne quantum hardware from communication to active, on-board edge quantum processing. The system performed two-photon quantum interference and programmable matrix execution, proving the viability of quantum machine learning for tasks like onboard satellite image analysis and data reduction.

Researchers operated a programmable quantum photonic processor in orbit, demonstrating two-photon interference as an early step.

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As before, from this orientation, the black hole’s enormous gravity bends light to make two discernible images of the constellation Orion. You now descend to the photon sphere. A photon sphere is a location where gravity is so strong that light can travel in circles. Photons orbit the black hole at the distance of the […] The post Approaching the Photon Sphere appeared first on NASA Science.

Foundational postulates of the path-integral formulation observed in the lab

Using two-photon imaging in behaving fruit flies, we find that visual threat evokes distinct behavioral responses associated with characteristic brain-wide changes in neural activity. Action selection is biased by unique neural activity patterns prior to stimulus presentation, with signals in a region within the central brain predicting future behavior.

DUET, a dual-color miniature two-photon microscope published in PhotoniX Life, enables stable, low-crosstalk imaging of distinct neuron populations in freely behaving mice. By integrating dual hollow-...