Light, being massless, casts no shadow; under ordinary circumstances, photons pass right through each other unimpeded. Researchers, in the Department of Physics at uOttawa, along with the Boyd Research Group, have demonstrated a laser beam […]
Researchers from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle have developed a groundbreaking method to analyze magnetic nanostructures with exceptional precision. This technique achieves a resolution of […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 22 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00917-7 Repeating a gate sequence multiple times amplifies systematic errors coherently, making it a useful tool for characterizing quantum gates. However, the precision of such an approach […]
Quantum physicists at the University of Birmingham have achieved a groundbreaking advancement in understanding photons, successfully defining their precise shape and interaction with surrounding environments for the first time. Published in Physical Review Letters, this […]
Korean researchers from DGIST and UNIST have achieved a significant breakthrough in quantum information technology by discovering a novel quantum state called the exciton-Floquet synthesis state. The collaborative research team, led by Professor Jaedong Lee […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00908-8 In this paper, scientists proved a lower bound on the soundness of quantum locally testable codes under the distance balancing construction of Evra et al. Their […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00903-z Robust spin-photon interfaces with optical transitions in the telecommunication band are essential for quantum networking technologies. Erbium (Er) ions are the ideal candidate with environmentally protected […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 21 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00899-6 Researchers propose a multi-particle ‘which-path’ gedanken experiment with a quantum detector. Contrary to conventional ‘which-path’ experiments, the detector maintains its quantum state during interactions with the […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 21 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00901-1 A central building block of many quantum algorithms is the diagonalization of Pauli operators. Although it is always possible to construct a quantum circuit that simultaneously […]
Scientists have developed an innovative technique for studying nuclear structure using high-energy particle collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research located […]
South Korean researchers at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) have achieved a significant breakthrough in quantum computing with their development of an advanced photonic quantum circuit chip. The chip’s most notable feature is […]
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) have developed a groundbreaking method for quantum entanglement that pairs photons with acoustic phonons through Brillouin scattering, marking a significant advance in quantum […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 14 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00911-z Quantum networks connect and supply a large number of nodes with multi-party quantum resources for secure communication, networked quantum computing and distributed sensing. As these networks […]
Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in creating photonic time crystals, groundbreaking materials that can exponentially amplify light. This development could revolutionize lasers, sensors, and communication technologies. The international research team’s work was published in Nature […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 13 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00902-0 Quantum generative models provide inherently efficient sampling strategies and thus show promise for achieving an advantage using quantum hardware. In this work, researchers have investigated the […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 11 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00913-x The Kirkwood-Dirac quasiprobability distribution, intimately connected with the quantum correlation function of two observables measured at distinct times, is becoming increasingly relevant for fundamental physics and […]
The rare-earth element erbium could play a key role in future quantum networks: Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), led by Andreas Reiserer, have […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 09 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00909-7 Lightcone bounds for quantum circuit mapping via uncomplexity Efficiently mapping quantum circuits onto hardware is integral for the quantum compilation process, wherein a circuit is modified […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 09 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00907-9 Unified linear response theory of quantum electronic circuits Modeling the electrical response of multi-level quantum systems at finite frequency has been typically performed in the context […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 07 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00905-x Finding the optimal probe state for multiparameter quantum metrology using conic programming The ultimate precision in quantum sensing could be achieved using optimal quantum probe states. […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 07 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00915-9 Cavity-assisted resonance fluorescence from a nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond The nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond is an attractive resource for the generation of remote entangled states owing […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00906-w Scaling whole-chip QAOA for higher-order ising spin glass models on heavy-hex graphs In this paper, the team of researchers has showed that the quantum approximate optimization […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00900-2 Classification of dynamical Lie algebras of 2-local spin systems on linear, circular and fully connected topologies Much is understood about 1-dimensional spin chains in terms of […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 05 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00912-y Time-optimal control of a solid-state spin amidst dynamical quantum wind Time-optimal control holds promise across the full spectrum of quantum technologies, where the rapid generation of […]
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 02 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00910-0 Qubit teleportation between a memory-compatible photonic time-bin qubit and a solid-state quantum network node This paper reports on a quantum interface linking a diamond NV center […]