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 […]
Physicists — Stephen Parke of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Xining Zhang of the University of Chicago and Peter Denton of Brookhaven National Laboratory — while grappling with the strange behavior of particles called neutrinos, noticed that hard-to-compute terms called “eigenvectors,” describing, […]
At Microsoft Ignite 2019 conference, Julie Love, senior director of Quantum Computing at Microsoft, revealed plans to jump into the quantum hardware business with a chip capable of running quantum software. The company said it […]
Qnami announced today the closing of a 2.6M CHF (2.6M USD) seed round led by Venture Capital fund Quantonation and further supported by investiere, ZKB Start-up Finance and the High Tech Gründerfond. Qnami is a […]
Previously unseen phase of matter has been produced by ultrafast laser pulses hitting a pattern. Adding energy to any material, such as by heating it, almost always makes its structure less orderly like ice, for […]
Researchers at ETH Zurich Department of Physics demonstrate simultaneous control over transport and spin properties of cold atoms, and thus establish a framework for exploring concepts in spintronics and solid-state physics. One of the more […]
When quantum computing hits the market, the financial-services industry could be the first to benefit, a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive said at a quantum-computing panel event. “In the universe of industries where there is a potential quantum […]
Physicists at the University of Vienna have watched gramicidin, a natural antibiotic made up of 15 amino acids, interfere with itself, in an experiment that paves the way for a new era of quantum biology. […]
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) scientists have discovered a pioneering laser-driven approach to generate a topological state in graphene. In topological materials, current actually flows orthogonally to an applied voltage. […]
A group of scientists led by Artem Oganov of Skoltech and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and Ivan Troyan of the Institute of Crystallography of RAS has succeeded in synthesizing thorium decahydride (ThH10), […]
Aalto University researchers are designing a brain-imaging device that uses a new type of sensor placed on the surface of a person’s head. The new sensors employ quantum optics, allowing them to reduce the distance […]