Machine Learning helps Quantum Key Distribution

Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution (CV-QKD) enables information-theoretically secure key exchange between two parties using the continuous-variable properties of the quantized electromagnetic light field. The secret key rate of a CV-QKD system is limited by excess […]

New EU Quantum Flagship consortium launches a project on silicon spin qubits as a platform for large-scale quantum computing

New EU Quantum Flagship consortium launches a project on silicon spin qubits

The QLSI consortium, a four-year EU project coordinated by CEA-Leti, aims to position Europe as a global leader in quantum computing by developing scalable silicon-based quantum processors, including a 16-qubit chip and an 8-qubit open-access system, while documenting requirements for systems exceeding 1,000 qubits as part of the €1 billion Quantum Flagship program.

How dynamical Quantum memories forget

Motivated by recent work showing that a quantum error correcting code can be generated by hybrid dynamics of unitaries and measurements, a team of researchers has studied the long time behavior of such systems. They […]

Record-breaking source for single photons

Researchers at the University of Basel and Ruhr University Bochum have developed a source of single photons that can produce billions of these quantum particles per second. Each photon is created by exciting a single […]

24 qubit GHZ entanglement at room-temperature

Austrian AQT startup has just announced their compact ion-trap quantum computer prototype, demonstrating 24 qubit GHZ entanglement in a room-temperature setup housed in two 19-inch racks. This research work in cooperation with the University of Innsbruck, […]

CQC and Roche partnership in drug discovery

Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) has just announced their collaboration with Roche, to design and implement noisy-intermediate-scale-quantum (NISQ) algorithms for early-stage drug discovery and development. The multi-year collaboration will combine the expertise of both CQC and […]

Connecting qubits with a topological waveguide

Researchers at California Institute of Technology have explored how topology can endow special properties to a photonic platform in which superconducting qubits are embedded in a waveguide. The researchers showed that this configuration produces topological […]

Riverlane secures $20 million in Series A funding

Riverlane has raised $20m in Series A funding to build Deltaflow, its operating system for quantum computers. This new funding follows a £3.25 million seed round completed in June 2019. The round was led by […]

Quantum Personality of the Year 2020

Vote for the Quantum Personality of the Year 2020

The Nominees are : Paulina Mazurek (BEIT), Poland Itamar Sivan (Quantum Machines), Israël Ilyas Khan (Cambridge Quantum Computing – CQC), United Kingdom Daniel Twitchen (E6 – Element Six), United Kingdom John Levy (Seeqc), USA The […]

Certified Quantum Random Numbers from untrusted light

A team of researchers from Germany, Russia and UK has designed and experimentally demonstrated an ultrafast optical Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) that uses a totally untrusted photonic source.  While considering completely general quantum attacks, […]

Microscopy photo of chip with bond wires. Credit: Ruffino et al.

Silicon quantum dots using CMOS technology

Solid-state quantum computers require classical electronics to control and readout individual qubits and to enable fast classical data processing. Integrating both subsystems at deep cryogenic temperatures, where solid- state quantum processors operate best, may solve […]