Schematics of the proposed ion-electron hybrid quantum systems involving a trapped electron Scientists from the University of Tokyo invented a way to cool down and measure the motion of a trapped electron in the quantum regime using hybrid quantum systems. Credit: Alto Osada, The University of Tokyo

Advance brings quantum computing one step closer to implementation

Researchers at the University of Tokyo developed two hybrid quantum systems—an electron-superconducting circuit and an electron-ion coupled system—that successfully demonstrated control over trapped electrons’ temperature and movement, potentially solving key limitations in qubit stability for quantum computing.