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 […]
By creating a protocol that allows a quantum computer to check its own answers to difficult problems, researchers from the University of Warwick have provided a means to confirm that a quantum computer is working […]
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced the launch of the Fermilab Quantum Institute, which will bring all of the lab’s quantum science projects under one umbrella. The missions of this new institute […]
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new method for producing atomically-thin semiconducting crystals that could one day enable more powerful and compact electronic devices. By using specially-treated silicon surfaces to tailor the crystals’ […]
Psiquantum has raised $230 million which would be one of the biggest investments to date in Quantum Computing. Psiquantum was developed at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Quantum Photonics headed by Jeremy O’Brien who […]
Archer is developing advanced materials to build disruptive technology, and these materials include carbon-based qubits processor for quantum computing that could potentially operate at room temperature. The 12CQ qubit processor chip is being built by the […]
Researchers at Brown University have showed that Cooper pairs, electron duos that enable superconductivity, can also conduct electricity like normal metals do. For years, physicists have assumed that Cooper pairs, the electron duos that enable […]
Physicists at University of Bonn have succeeded in creating a new one-way street for light. They cool photons down to a Bose-Einstein condensate, which causes the light to collect in optical ‘valleys‘ from which it […]
The Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS) has become the first Swiss laser center to be admitted as a full member of Laserlab Europe, a European consortium of leading organizations in laser-based inter-disciplinary research. The Integrated Initiative […]
Researchers from Rigetti Computing and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) announce they have taken an important step towards the use of quantum computing in the financial services sector. This week, they published details of […]
Swiss Quantum Hub (SQH) is proud to welcome three new scientific advisors who join our Advisory Board and provide their outstanding skills and experience to our team, our members and the start-ups participating to our […]