Breakthrough quantum algorithm

Physicists are claiming significant progress in using quantum computers to study and predict how the state of a large number of interacting quantum particles evolves over time. This was done by developing a quantum algorithm […]

Researchers developed a quantum-inspired technique that can be used to perform lidar with a depth resolution that is much higher than conventional approaches.

Quantum-inspired approach to increase LiDAR resolution

Researchers have shown that a quantum-inspired technique can be used to perform LiDAR imaging with a much higher depth resolution than is possible with conventional approaches. LiDAR, which uses laser pulses to acquire 3D information […]

All most expensive 6-qubit Clifford unitaries requiring 15 entangling gates (up to left and right multiplication by the single-qubit gates and qubit relabeling).

6-qubit optimal Clifford circuits

Clifford group lies at the core of quantum computation—it underlies quantum error correction, its elements can be used to perform magic state distillation and they form randomized benchmarking protocols, Clifford group is used to study […]

Quantum physics: record entanglement of quantum memories

Record entanglement of quantum memories

Researchers from LMU and Saarland University have entangled two quantum memories over a 33-kilometer-long fiber optic connection — a record and an important step toward the Quantum Internet. This is the longest distance so far […]

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Toyota Tsusho Partners With Quantum Machines

Quantum Machines, provider of quantum control solutions , and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho), a member of the Toyota Group, have announced a partnership to offer Japanese customers cutting edge quantum technologies. The partnership will […]

Illustration of the Hamiltonian showing one of the ground states assuming that h > J and the qubits at the ends satisfy the applied fields.

Error measurements for a quantum annealer

A finite length ferromagnetic chain with opposite spin polarization imposed at its two ends is one of the simplest frustrated spin models. In the clean classical limit the domain wall inserted on account of the […]

Atomic qubit control using lasers as the local oscillator (LO)

Limits on atomic qubit control from laser noise

Researchers studied the unique spectral structure of laser noise and introduced a metric that determines when a stabilised laser source has been optimised for quantum control of atomic qubits. Technical noise present in laser systems […]

Processing photons in picoseconds

To build novel quantum devices, researchers need to be able to control individual photons of light: Engineers propose doing so with a time lens. Like a magnifying glass zooming in on a spatial feature, this […]

A particle of light from the single photon source (below) is stored in the vapor cell (above). A simultaneously emitted second photon is revealed by a detector (right), which triggers the control laser pulse and thereby initiates the storage process. (Image: Department of Physics/University of Basel)

Quantum network nodes with warm atoms

Physicists at the University of Basel, Switzerland, have now developed a network node for quantum communication networks that can store single photons in a vapor cell and pass them on later. In quantum communication networks, […]

Few-photon all-optical phase rotation in a quantum-well micropillar cavity

Breakthrough in controlling light for quantum

Scientists at the University of Exeter and the University of Sheffield have made a pivotal new breakthrough in the quest to control light to evolve the next generation of quantum sensing and computing. They have […]

Scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) images: edge of FeSe/STO, with inset atomic-resolution STM showing the topmost Se atom arrangement and crystal orientation

Topological superconductors and Majorana particle

A new review investigates the search of Majorana fermions in iron-based superconductors. The elusive Majorana fermion, or ‘angel particle‘ simultaneously behaves like a particle and an antiparticle — and surprisingly remains stable rather than being […]

Researchers at Paderborn University develop a new technology for manipulating light

Nanostructured surfaces for future quantum computer chips

Researchers at Paderborn University have developed a new technology for manipulating light that can be used as a basis for future optical quantum computers. New optical elements for manipulating light will allow for more advanced […]

EPFL scientists have built a compact waveguide amplifier by successfully incorporating rare-earth ions into integrated photonic circuits.

Breakthrough in integrated photonics

Scientists at EPFL, Switzerland, have built a compact waveguide amplifier by successfully incorporating rare-earth ions into integrated photonic circuits. The device produces record output power compared to commercial fiber amplifiers, a first in the development […]

An optical setup for the transient Kerr rotation measurement

Ultrafast Quantum sensing with diamonds

Researchers at University of Tsukuba measured tiny magnetic fields with unprecedented speed. By monitoring spins at Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centers along using ultrafast spectroscopy. They hence demonstrated how ultrafast spectroscopy can be used to improve the […]