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INAC, KTH (Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology), and Dutch startup Single Quantum have teamed up to produce superconducting single-photon detectors (SSPD) that set a new state of the art with 85% collection yields. Current SSPDs offer yields of 35%. The key to the ultra-high yields? The superconducting nanowire that detects the photons is placed in […] >>

BigDFT, an open-source code used to simulate solids and molecules, has made front-page news in two chemistry journals in the space of a few weeks. INAC_Sim team, which has been developing the code for years, should be proud: in 2015 the team demonstrated the robustness of a system simulation at 30,000 atoms and plans to […] >>

Solid indium phosphide (INP) tunable lasers for telecommunications networks are costly to manufacture and ill-suited to integration with other photonic and electronic components. Researchers from Leti and the III–V Lab have now produced a tunable laser on a silicon substrate coupled with a III–V material. This hybrid monomode laser boasts a novel waveguide system coupled […] >>

Just one year ago, researchers at Leti built an 80 Gb/s data switch demonstrator; today, they have set a new speed record with a switch prototype that works at 128 Gb/s or 256 Gb/s. And, once again, the results are the fruit of a multi-partner project involving Alcatel-Lucent and the III–V Lab. The system will […] >>

Researchers from INAC and Liten have developed a new-generation solid electrolyte based on thermotropic ionic liquid crystals. The purpose of the research was to improve lithium-ion battery safety and performance. The crystals self-organize into nanometric strips and help prevent the charge buildup and thermal runaway that can cause liquid-electrolyte batteries to catch on fire or […] >>