Enhancing Majorana stability with a three-site Kitaev chain

Scalable Kitaev Chains for Quantum Computing

A QuTech-led research team successfully created a three-site Kitaev chain in a hybrid InSb/Al nanowire that demonstrates enhanced stability of Majorana zero modes compared to two-site chains, marking significant progress toward scalable topological quantum computing.

cientists have unlocked the full statistical fingerprint of quantum entanglement, enabling device testing without needing to know how those devices work. Credit: J-D Bancal (IPhT)

Decoding Quantum Entanglement: The Language of Hidden Statistics

This research fully maps the statistical outcomes of quantum entanglement, enabling complete description of partially entangled states through mathematical transformation, establishing theoretical limits of quantum physics while opening new avenues for secure quantum testing, communications, and computing without requiring assumptions about device properties.

High-precision quantum gates with diamond spin qubits

High-precision quantum gates with diamond spin qubits

QuTech researchers, collaborating with Fujitsu and Element Six, have achieved a significant quantum computing milestone by demonstrating diamond spin-based quantum gates with error rates below 0.1%—satisfying a critical threshold for quantum error correction and bringing us one step closer to scalable quantum computation.

Nonlinear superconducting resonator circuit for investigating dissipative phase transitions. Credit: Guillaume Beaulieu (EPFL)

Quantum Leap: New Phase Transitions Stabilize Computing

Researchers successfully observed “dissipative phase transitions” in quantum systems using a superconducting Kerr resonator at near-absolute zero temperatures, revealing phenomena like “squeezing,” metastability, and “critical slowing down” that could revolutionize quantum computing and sensing technologies through enhanced stability and precision.

QIA researchers create first Operating System for Quantum Networks

QNodeOS: Revolutionizing Quantum Networks

Researchers from the Quantum Internet Alliance have created QNodeOS, the first operating system for quantum networks, which abstracts hardware complexity to enable easier development of quantum networking applications across different hardware platforms, marking a crucial step toward making quantum internet technology accessible and practical.

In the new method, two boron nitride (n-BN) layers twisted with respect to each other create an electric field in a molybdenum diselenide semiconductor (MoSe2). A light beam (red) is used to study the properties of the electrons in the semiconductor. Credit: ETH Zurich

Harnessing Coulomb Interactions in Nanoscale Ferroelectric Moiré Structures

Researchers created a nanoscale ferroelectric moiré pattern using hexagonal boron nitride layers to generate a purely electrostatic potential that enhances Coulomb interactions in transition metal dichalcogenides, enabling optical detection of electron correlations and ordered states while opening pathways to explore exotic quantum phenomena like chiral layer-pseudospin liquids and kinetic magnetism.

IonQ to acquire ID Quantique to form the world’s largest quantum-safe networks and quantum networking provider

IonQ to Acquire Controlling Stake in ID Quantique

IonQ is acquiring a controlling stake in quantum safe networking leader ID Quantique (IDQ) to strengthen its global quantum ecosystem, accelerate quantum networking development, and establish a strategic partnership with SK Telecom, with the acquisition expected to close in Q2 2025.

Quantum Inspire 2.0 is live with updated software and hardware

Quantum Inspire 2.0 is live at QuTech

Quantum Inspire 2.0, Europe’s only freely accessible quantum cloud computer, now features an enhanced user interface, SDK integration, quantum-classical computing functionality, and two upgraded quantum processors—Starmon-7 and Spin2+—with improved qubit fidelity and performance, positioning the Netherlands at the forefront of quantum computing innovation.

Integrating a semiconducting quantum dot with a superconductor

An international research team has developed a groundbreaking technique to integrate superconductors with semiconductors by patterning platinum on germanium and heating it to form a superconducting alloy, demonstrating coherent quantum states that could enable hybrid quantum processors combining the scalability of semiconductor qubits with the long-range connectivity of superconducting circuits.

False-coloured scanning electron microscope image of a device nominally identical to that used in the measurements. The eight quantum dots arranged in a 4×2 array are labelled 1–8. The four larger quantum dots serve to probe the charge and spin states in the 4×2 array.

Distributing entanglement across germanium quantum dots

A QuTech research team demonstrated initialization, readout, and universal control of four qubits created from eight germanium quantum dots, achieving quantum information transfer with 75% Bell state fidelity and establishing a versatile platform for quantum computing advancement.

The two PSI physicists Andreas Läuchli (left) and Andreas Elben were involved in developing a new type of digital-analogue quantum simulator. Credit: © Paul Scherrer Institute PSI/Mahir Dzambegovic

Google’s Hybrid Digital-Analog Quantum Simulator Breaks New Ground

Researchers at Google and PSI have developed a revolutionary quantum simulator that combines digital precision with analog modeling capabilities, enabling unprecedented studies of complex physical phenomena through a versatile 69-qubit system that can both precisely control initial conditions and naturally simulate physical interactions, opening new possibilities in fields ranging from materials science to astrophysics.

Dougal Main and Beth Nichol working on the distributed quantum computer. Credit John Cairns

Breakthrough in Distributed Quantum Computing

Physicists achieved a quantum computing breakthrough by successfully connecting separate quantum processors through photonic links, enabling quantum teleportation of logical gates between modules and demonstrating the first distributed quantum computer system, which could potentially scale up without the limitations of cramming millions of qubits into a single device.

Leading-order Feynman diagrams for top-antitop pair production in the SM, where a double line represents a top particle: (a) q q ¯ channel; (b) g g channel. The two channels contribute roughly 10% and 90% of the total cross section respectively.

LHC’s Top Quarks Unlock Quantum Computing Magic

A breakthrough discovery by twin physicists Professors Chris and Martin White has revealed an unexpected connection between the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and quantum computing through a property called “magic” in top quarks. Published in […]

Connecting qubit islands with quantum bridges

Connecting qubit islands with quantum bridges

The groundbreaking research by QuTech represents a significant advancement in quantum computing technology, demonstrating the successful interconnection of spin qubits over unprecedented distances. By achieving coherent logic operations between qubits positioned 250 micrometers apart on […]

Comparison of V-scores of VQE ansatzes versus energy relative errors on a 10 sites TFIM.

V-Score: A New Benchmark for Quantum and Classical Computing

Scientists are developing innovative ways to benchmark the potential of quantum computing in solving complex scientific problems, particularly in understanding material systems. The research, led by physicist Giuseppe Carleo at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, introduces a novel approach to comparing classical and quantum computational methods for tackling challenging physics problems.

A rudimentary quantum network link between Dutch cities

The post A rudimentary quantum network link between Dutch cities appeared first on QuTech. An international research team led by QuTech has demonstrated a network connection between quantum processors over metropolitan distances. Their result marks […]

New benchmark helps solve the hardest quantum problems

New benchmark helps solve the hardest quantum problems

Predicting the behavior of many interacting quantum particles is a complicated process but is key to harness quantum computing for real-world applications. Researchers have developed a method for comparing quantum algorithms and identifying which quantum […]

Spin qubits go trampolining

The post Spin qubits go trampolining appeared first on QuTech. Researchers at QuTech developed somersaulting spin qubits for universal quantum logic. This achievement may enable efficient control of large semiconductor qubit arrays. The research group […]