MIT researchers achieved a groundbreaking 99.998% single-qubit fidelity in quantum computing through innovative fluxonium qubit control techniques, combining commensurate pulses and synthetic circularly polarized light to overcome counter-rotating errors, marking a crucial advancement toward practical quantum error correction and fault-tolerant quantum computing.
This work represents the embodiment of the long-sought goal of bridging macroscopic and microscopic nonlinear and quantum optics,” says Schuck, who co-directs Columbia’s MS in Quantum Science and Technology. “It provides the foundation for scalable, highly efficient on-chip integrable devices such as tunable microscopic entangled-photon-pair generators.
Quantum entanglement is a remarkable phenomenon where two particles become interconnected, so that the state of one instantly affects the other, no matter how far apart they are. This unique property is a cornerstone of quantum computing and a range of advanced technological applications. While entanglement has been achieved with atoms, achieving it with complex molecules is a significant step forward because molecules offer additional structures and properties, such as vibration and rotation, that can be leveraged in advanced quantum applications.
Scientists at NIST and Chalmers University of Technology have developed a groundbreaking quantum refrigeration system that achieves record-low temperatures for quantum computing operations. This innovative approach addresses one of quantum computing’s fundamental challenges: maintaining qubits […]
UNSW researchers have achieved a significant breakthrough in quantum computing by implementing the Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment using an antimony atom, as published in Nature Physics. Led by Professor Andrea Morello, the team developed a […]
This is a proof of concept by IBM that hints at how quantum computing could generate Minecraft-like scenes, levels or even complete video games that are better than the ones we have today. For example, […]
Founded in 2012 by Eihiro Saishu and Kumiko Sasaki, Fukuoka-based Groovenauts is one of Japan’s preeminent quantum pioneers. The software company developed a cloud service called MAGELLAN BLOCKS in 2016 that enables companies across industries to use AI to […]
Researchers from the University of Paris-Saclay, the University of Regensburg and the University of Jyvaskyla have delivered a combined experimental and theoretical work revealing the profound nature of quantum transport in strongly driven diffusive Josephson junctions. They […]
Researchers at Harvard University have demonstrated the first material that can have both strongly correlated electron interactions and topological properties. This discovery not only paves the way for more stable quantum computing but also an […]
An Israeli government panel is calling for $350 million to be spent on a 6-year program to make the country a key player in a hot new technology field. In doing so, Israel will be […]
A team of researchers at Princeton University, Northwestern University and the University of Chicago have directly operated an oscillator using a stimulated Josephson nonlinearity. In their paper, published in Nature Physics, the team achieved quantum control of an […]
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have recently published the development of three new algorithms that could help to overcome the limitations of existing phase estimation and variational methods techniques for computing Hamiltonian eigenstates on […]
In the super conductivity lab, Thales engineers are researching the development of a quantum antenna that is smaller than a finger tip. Using the quantum phenomena known as the Josephson effect, the antenna will be […]
A team of researchers at the University of Texas and the University of California have found a way to produce a long-hypothesized phenomenon— the transfer of energy between silicon and organic, carbon-based molecules — in […]
Amazon AWS announces new Quantum Computing Service (Amazon Braket) along with AWS Center for Quantum Computing and AWS Quantum Solutions Lab. It had been hardly a secret for weeks but now it’s disclosable. At Swiss […]