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🚨🇷🇺Russian scientists among first to master compressed light technology The compact on-chip source of quantum compressed light unlocks new advances in ultra-sensitive quantum sensing and computing 🔸 The advance enables compact, ultra-sensitive sensors based on ‘squeezed’ light 🔸 Squeezed light surpasses the standard quantum limit of classical light, enabling...

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