Fermions can either exist as individual particles, like electrons, protons, and neutrons, or as so-called quasiparticles. The latter are composed of many components, but behave like a single fermion particle. What characterises fermions is that […]
Nicolas Gisin in the 2022 Larousse dictionary
Professor Nicolas Gisin, Honorary Professor of the Physics Section of the University of Geneva and ID Quantique’s co-founder and board member, is among the personalities to be included in the Larousse dictionary 2022 edition. Nicolas Gisin […]
4th generation QKD XG Series
ID Quantique (IDQ), the world leader in quantum-safe security solutions, today launched the Cerberis XG at the Inside Quantum Technology conference (IQT). This is the first of a series, aiming at providing the highest level […]
Light meets superconducting circuits
Researchers in the group of Professor Tobias J. Kippenberg at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences have now developed a novel approach that uses light to read out superconducting circuits, thus overcoming the scaling challenges of […]
Qnami closes 4.0M CHF Series A round
Qnami announced today the closing of a 4.0M CHF (4.4M USD) Series A financing round led by Venture Capital funds Runa Capital and SIT Capital, further supported by Seed Round investors Quantonation, Verve Ventures, Zürcher […]
Processing Quantum Signals Carried by Electrical Currents
A team of French and Dutch researchers present a general signal processing method for processing, analysing and representing electrical quantum currents directly at the level of individual electronic wave functions. Quantum mechanics and the associated […]
ETH and PSI create a joint Quantum Computing Centre
ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) establish a joint centre for the development of quantum computers. Its aim is to advance the realization of quantum computers based on both ion traps and superconducting […]
New tech builds ultralow-loss integrated photonic circuits
Integrated silicon nitride photonic chips with meter-long spiral waveguides. Credit: Jijun He and Junqiu Liu (EPFL). Scientists in the group of Professor Tobias J. Kippenberg at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences have developed ultralow-loss silicon […]
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) paradox and steering for quantum-enhanced precision measurements
Einstein-Podolski-Rosen correlations can be used for precision measurements. (Image: Jurik Peter, Shutterstock) Quantum systems consisting of several particles can be used to measure magnetic or electric fields more precisely. A young physicist at the University […]
Switzerland: Enabling innovation in the Quantum space and beyond
by Thomas Bohn – Executive Director of the Greater Geneva Bern area (GGBa) Switzerland is an innovation hotspot in the heart of Europe: it has been topping the Global Innovation Index for the past ten years, it […]
