Quantum Photonics and AI Group Achieves Breakthrough in Controlling Silicon Color Centers for Scalable Quantum Technologies

by RLE at MIT | Oct 8, 2025 | News Links

The Quantum Photonics and AI Group at MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) has developed a groundbreaking method to both control and localize atomic-scale defects in silicon—known as color centers—that act as single-photon sources for quantum communication...

RLE Team Awarded NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory Grant

by RLE at MIT | Sep 10, 2025 | News Links

RLE Team Awarded NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory Grant: MIT, under the leadership of Professor Dirk Englund, is central to one of the four NSF-funded design teams developing the National Quantum Virtual Laboratory. The project is co-led by Englund...

Developing 3D Models of Atom-Like Defect Spin Memories in Crystals for Quantum Technology Research and Education

by RLE at MIT | Jul 26, 2024 | RLE Recent Papers, Uncategorized

Yong Hu, Steven Nagle, Yuqin Duan, Hanfeng Wang and Dirk Englund https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00343 Abstract: The development of quantum technologies, including quantum computers and networks, requires entanglement distribution across individually...

Modular, scalable hardware architecture for a quantum computer

by RLE at MIT | Jun 4, 2024 | News Links

A new quantum-system-on-chip enables the efficient control of a large array of qubits, moving toward practical quantum computing. (MIT News) Related Links: Quantum Photonics and AI Laboratory Terahertz Integrated Electronics Group Research Laboratory...

Lightmatter, founded by three MIT alumni, is using photonic technologies to reinvent how chips communicate and calculate

by RLE at MIT | Mar 1, 2024 | News Links

Startup accelerates progress toward light-speed computing (MIT News) MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition...