Fish-Eye Lens May Produce Quantum Entanglement Between Atoms
Nearly 150 years ago, the physicist James Maxwell proposed that a circular lens that is thickest at its center, and that gradually thins out at…
Quantum Computing
Physicists Design New System for Stopping ‘Leaks’ in Quantum Computers
Yale researchers have designed a new system to keep tomorrow’s quantum computers from “leaking.” Large-scale quantum computers are still years away, but it is well…
Tunable Diamond Strings Improve Quantum Memory
A quantum internet promises completely secure communication. But using quantum bits or qubits to carry information requires a radically new piece of hardware – a…
Quantum Chaos May Be The Key To Quantum Computers
New research gives insight into a recent experiment that was able to manipulate an unprecedented number of atoms through a quantum simulator. This new theory…
Physicists Complete First End-to-End Quantum Data Transmission Done on Demand
Researchers from Yale University have completed the first end-to-end quantum data transmission ever done on demand using novel “pitch-and-catch” technologies. Yale’s latest work expanding the…
New Achievement Could Lead to More-Efficient Quantum Computing
In terms of size, it may be the smallest scientific breakthrough ever made at Harvard. Harvard Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Kang-Kuen Ni…
Physicists Show That Precision Atom Qubits Can “Talk” to Each Other
The unique Australian approach of creating quantum bits from precisely positioned individual atoms in silicon is reaping major rewards, with UNSW Sydney-led scientists showing for…
Physicists Create a Topological Superconductor for Quantum Computing
With their insensitivity to decoherence what are known as Majorana particles could become stable building blocks of a quantum computer. The problem is that they…
MIT Physicists Create a New Form of Light Where Photons Interact
Try a quick experiment: Take two flashlights into a dark room and shine them so that their light beams cross. Notice anything peculiar? The rather…
Physicists Take First Step Towards Quantum Dot Based Spin Qubit Registers
The worldwide race to create more, better and reliable quantum processors is progressing fast, as a team of TU Delft scientists led by Professor Vandersypen…
Ion-Trap Technologies Are Suitable for Building Large-Scale Quantum Computers
A study led by physicists at Swansea University in Wales, carried out by an international team of researchers and published in the journal Physical Review…
Quantum Simulator Could Shed Light on a Host of Complex Processes
Programming a computer is generally a fairly arduous process, involving hours of coding, not to mention the laborious work of debugging, testing, and documenting to…
Physicists Demonstrate A New Way To Manipulate Quantum Bits of Matter
Physicists at MIT and Harvard University have demonstrated a new way to manipulate quantum bits of matter. In a paper published today in the journal…
A New Kind of Quantum Computer Uses Photons as Qubits
Harvard scientists have proposed a new way to use photons of light instead of silicon chips as qubits, opening the door to new quantum technologies….
Physicists Develop Data Bus for Quantum Computers
The quantum world is fragile; error correction codes are needed to protect the information stored in a quantum object from the deteriorating effects of noise….
New Simple Device Uses Sound Waves to Store Quantum Information
Researchers at Yale University have developed a simple device that uses sound waves to store quantum information and convert it from one form to another,…
Engineers Develop a Radical New Architecture for Quantum Computing
A team of engineers at UNSW have invented a radical new architecture for quantum computing, based on novel ‘flip-flop qubits’, that promises to make the…
Ultracold Molecules Could Provide Long-Sought “Qubit” Material
Using ultracold molecules made of just two atoms, researchers from MIT demonstrate a new approach that yields long-lasting configurations that could provide long-sought “qubit” material….