Making light of CsPbBr3 - precisely enough to be "unsplit"

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A perovskite material, traditionally utilized for solar energy collection, is being explored for its potential in quantum computing applications. Recent findings indicate that this material can generate highly consistent photons, enabling two photons to be combined effectively through a beam splitter in reverse. The reproducibility of the manufacturing process for these photon emitters is a significant advantage. Once produced, these emitters can facilitate qubit operations in the optical domain, advancing quantum computing technology. This development highlights the versatility of perovskites beyond their conventional use in solar energy.
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A colloidal dispersion ofCsPbBr3 deposited onto a glass surface provides a device able to emit super-precise photons able to pass the Hong-Ou-Mandel beam un-splitter test ... and perhaps form the basis for a quantum computer.
A perovskite, normally used for solar energy collection, may find an application in quantum computing.
The article is article is published in Nature (with a paywall),
It is also covered in SciTech Daily.

This is not the first material that has been able to generate photons so precisely consistent that two photons can be consistently combined by passing through a beam splitter "backwards", but the manufacturing procedure for creating these photon emitters is, itself, readily reproducible.

Once such emitters are created, they can be used to perform qubit operations in the optical domain.
 
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