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Close-up of a nanoparticle in a phonon laser beam.

Science & Technology

Quantum researchers engineer extremely precise phonon lasers

Novel lasers utilize individual particles of vibration or sound to measure quantum mechanics and gravity.

Close up of a rainbow-hued photonic chip coupled to a clear and metallic nonlinear crystal and fiber array unit.

University News

URochester, RIT receive federal funding to expand experimental ways to communicate using individual particles of light

February 12, 2026

The funding for the experimental quantum network RoQNET was secured by Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand, and Representative Morelle.

Aerial view of the University of Rochester campus with the Meliora flag and Rush Rhees Library tower at sunrise.

From the Magazine

How URochester is redefining collaboration through transdisciplinary research

December 1, 2025

A quartet of groundbreaking new centers receives $8.5 million in institutional funding.

URochester student wears augmented reality glasses and gestures in the air.

Science & Technology

Metasurfaces show promise in boosting AR image clarity and brightness

November 11, 2025

New design could make augmented reality glasses more power-efficient and practical for everyday wear.

Close-up of the technology that makes the Rochester Quantum Network possible.

Science & Technology

University of Rochester and RIT develop experimental quantum communications network

The Rochester Quantum Network uses single photons to transmit information over dual fiber-optic telecommunications lines.

University of Rochester graduate student smiles while manipulating the apparatus in an optics lab.

Science & Technology

Twisting atomically thin materials could advance quantum computers

Placing two layers of special 2D materials together and turning them at large angles creates artificial atoms with intriguing optical properties.

Person in a lab coat with their back facing the camera in a brightly lit chemistry lab.

Science & Technology

‘High risk’ project uses quantum science to unlock new chemical reactions

October 7, 2021

Rochester scientists have secured national funding for a multi-institutional research effort that could alter the basic rules of chemistry.

Todd Krauss in lab.

Science & Technology

Rochester researchers join national initiative to advance quantum science

Rochester researchers led by Todd Krauss, a professor of chemistry, are joining a major US Department of Energy-funded initiative to advance quantum science and technology.

artists conception shows a close-up of a face wearing glasses with a square grid of different colored rays being projected onto the inside of one of the glasses's lenses.

Science & Technology

A new way to make AR/VR glasses look more like regular glasses

Rochester researchers are combining freeform optics and a metasurface to avoid ‘bug eyes’ in AR/VR glasses and headsets.

Illustration of nanoscale quantum network node showing closeup of pillar representing location marker for a quantum state.

Science & Technology

Building a quantum network one node at a time

November 3, 2020

New research demonstrates a way to use quantum properties of light to transmit information, a key step on the path to the next generation of computing and communications systems.