Leon Ding, William Oliver, and David Rower. Credit: MIT

Record-Breaking 99.998% Quantum Gate Fidelity with Fluxonium Qubits

MIT researchers achieved a groundbreaking 99.998% single-qubit fidelity in quantum computing through innovative fluxonium qubit control techniques, combining commensurate pulses and synthetic circularly polarized light to overcome counter-rotating errors, marking a crucial advancement toward practical quantum error correction and fault-tolerant quantum computing.

The Tweezer Team at Durham University and their experimental apparatus. From left: Dr. Daniel Ruttley, Prof. Simon Cornish, Dr. Alexander Guttridge, and Mr. Tom Hepworth. Credit: Durham University

Record-Breaking Entanglement with Magic-Wavelength Tweezers

Quantum entanglement is a remarkable phenomenon where two particles become interconnected, so that the state of one instantly affects the other, no matter how far apart they are. This unique property is a cornerstone of quantum computing and a range of advanced technological applications. While entanglement has been achieved with atoms, achieving it with complex molecules is a significant step forward because molecules offer additional structures and properties, such as vibration and rotation, that can be leveraged in advanced quantum applications.