Surprising new communication between atoms

Physicists at University of Wisconsin–Madison have identified conditions under which relatively distant atoms communicate with each other in ways that had previously only been seen in atoms closer together. This work opens up new prospects […]

A Quantum Tango between Magnons and Phonons

Magnonics is a promising next-generation approach in which quantized spin waves, or magnons, are used to carry information. Magnons are generally hard to manipulate, but a study by Felix Godejohann of the Technical University of […]

Optical neuron system based on quantum cascade laser

Based on a Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) emitting mid-infrared light, researchers at Télécom Paris have developed a basic optical neuron system operating 10,000× faster than biological neurons. Recently, extreme events have been observed in quantum […]

A network-ready random-access qubits memory

Photonic qubits memories are essential ingredients of numerous quantum networking protocols. The ideal situation features quantum computing nodes that are efficiently connected to quantum communication channels via quantum interfaces. The nodes contain a set of […]

Optical wiring for large quantum computers

Researchers at ETH have demonstrated a new technique for carrying out sensitive quantum operations on atoms. In this technique, the control laser light is delivered directly inside a chip. This should make it possible to […]

Particles might break the speed of light

Recent experiments show that particles should be able to go faster than light when they quantum mechanically “tunnel” through walls. QuantaMagazine has just published a very amazing article about tunneling effect and its consequences. Some […]

Quantum engines with entanglement as energy?

University of Rochester has been granted a three-year, $1 million grant from the Templeton Foundation to research quantum measurement engines which use the principles of quantum mechanics to run with 100 percent efficiency. Quantum measurement […]

New quantum effect in erasing information in qubits

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered a uniquely quantum effect in erasing information that may have significant implications for the design of quantum computing chips. The thermodynamics of computation was brought to the fore […]

Coherent qubit operation in nanowire-based Transmon

Scientists at Microsoft Quantum Lab have investigated a semiconductor transmon with an epitaxial Al shell fully surrounding an InAs nanowire core in the low EJ/EC regime. Little-Parks oscillations as a function of flux along the hybrid wire […]

Could Schrödinger’s cat exist in real life?

Generally, quantum mechanics applies to the tiny world of atoms and particles. The question is what it means for large-scale objects. A team of scientists proposes an experiment that may resolve this question once and […]

Physicists control transport of stored light

A team of physicists led by Professor Patrick Windpassinger at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has successfully transported light stored in a quantum memory over a distance of 1.2 millimeters. They have demonstrated that the […]

Quantum sensing solutions for gas safety

SK Telecom announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea Gas Safety Corp. to cooperate in the commercialization of next-generation gas safety solution based on quantum sensing technology. Named Quantum Gas Imaging, […]

Magnetic and electronic properties of topological insulators

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have shed light on the relationship between the magnetic properties of topological insulators and their electronic band structure. Their experimental results offer new insights into recent debates regarding the […]

Generating photons for quantum communication

MIT researchers using superconducting quantum bits connected to a microwave transmission line have shown how the qubits can generate on demand the photons, or particles of light, necessary for communication between quantum processors. The advance […]

Quieter semiconductor quantum bits

Researchers at UNSW Sydney have demonstrated the lowest noise level on record for a semiconductor qubit. In any semiconductor platform such as silicon, charge noise is caused by imperfections in the material environment that hosts qubits. […]

Quantum simulation beyond the coherence time

Iterative approaches to Quantum Simulation (QS) are restricted to simulation times less than the coherence time of the Quantum Computer (QC), which limits their utility in the near term. Researchers at Los Alamos have developed […]

Honeywell achieved a Quantum Volume of 128

Honeywell has just announced they achieved a Quantum Volume of 128 on their Quantum Computer in late September 2020.  The system successfully passed the Quantum Volume 128 test outputting heavy outcomes 71.78% of the time, […]