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Welcome to the Quantum Photonics Laboratory at the University of Maryland. We are part of the Joint Quantum Institute and the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics. We are working to develop quantum technology based on nanoscale photonic and semiconductor devices for applications in quantum computation, communication, and sensing.

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Edo Waks

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    Sabyasachi Barik

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    Jasvith Basani

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    Abhijit Biswas

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    Sam Harper

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    Fariba Islam

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    Chang-min Lee

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    Purbita Purkayastha

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    Mustafa Atabey Buyukkaya

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    Dima Farfurnik

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    Aziz Karasahin

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    Robert Pettit

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    Mohammad Habibur Rahaman

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    Uday Saha

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    Yu Shi

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    Harjot Singh

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    Yuqi Zhao

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    Xinyuan Zheng

Recent News

  • New hole-punched crystal clears a path for quantum light

    February 12, 2018

    Optical highways for light are at the heart of modern communications. But when it comes to guiding individual blips of light called photons, reliable transit is far less common. Now, a collaboration of researchers from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), led by JQI Fellows Mohammad Hafezi and Edo Waks, has created a photonic chip that both generates single photons, and steers them around. The device, described in the Feb. 9 issue of Science, features a way for the quantum light to seamlessly move, unaffected by certain obstacles.

Recent Publications