A quantum internet is the holy grail of quantum information processing, enabling the
deployment of a broad range of quantum technologies and protocols on a global scale …

Quantum networks play an extremely important role in quantum information science, with
application to quantum communication, computation, metrology, and fundamental tests. One …

Integrated photonics will play a key role in quantum systems as they grow from few-qubit
prototypes to tens of thousands of qubits. The underlying optical quantum technologies can …

The global quantum internet will require long-lived, telecommunications-band photon–
matter interfaces manufactured at scale. Preliminary quantum networks based on photon …

A central goal for quantum technologies is to develop platforms for precise and scalable
control of individually addressable artificial atoms with efficient optical interfaces. Color …

Silicon is the most scalable optoelectronic material but has suffered from its inability to
generate directly and efficiently classical or quantum light on-chip. Scaling and integration …

We report the detection of individual emitters in silicon belonging to seven different families
of optically active point defects. These fluorescent centers are created by carbon …

Controlling the quantum properties of individual fluorescent defects in silicon is a key
challenge toward large-scale advanced quantum photonic devices. Research efforts have …

Silicon T centers present the promising possibility of generating optically active spin qubits
in an all-silicon device. However, these color centers exhibit long excited state lifetimes and …

Individual spins that are coupled to telecommunication photons offer unique promise for
distributed quantum information processing once a coherent and efficient spin–photon …