New Approach Enhances Quantum-Based Secure Communication
Researchers from the University of Calgary have developed a new quantum key distribution (QKD) system that implements a recently discovered new QKD protocol to enhance…
Quantum Computing News
Scientists Teleport Photonic Qubits with Extreme Reliability
By using hybrid technology that combines two conceptually different approaches, scientists have managed to teleport photonic qubits with extreme reliability. By means of the quantum-mechanical…
USC Study Validates Large-Scale Quantum Chip
In a newly published study, researchers from USC confirmed that quantum effects are indeed at play in the first commercial quantum optimization processor. Scientists demonstrated…
Quantum Computing Continues To Move Closer to Reality – New Quantum Memory Design
Researchers from Dartmouth College and the University of Sydney are helping move quantum computing closer to reality, demonstrating a technique for storing quantum states with…
A New Model of a Quantum Computer
In a newly published study, researchers from the University of Vienna detail a new model of a quantum computer, the boson sampling computer. Harnessing the…
Physicists Use Cloud of Rubidium Atoms as Optical Memory Device
In a newly published study, researchers detail how they used a cloud of rubidium atoms as an optical memory device, showing that portions of an…
Using Photons for Quantum Computer Memory
In a new study, Yale scientists describe the use of photons for a quantum computer’s memory, creating an artificial medium in which photons repel photons,…
New Cooling Technique May Be a Stepping Stone to Quantum Computing
By immersing charged barium chloride molecules in an ultracold cloud of calcium atoms, UCLA physicists have pioneered a new cooling technique that may be a…
Physicists Use a Switch to Manipulate Light on Superconducting Chips
In a newly published study, physicists at UC Santa Barbara used a switch to manipulate light on superconducting chips, providing a new understanding in the…
Quantum Computing Continues to Move Forward
A newly published study looks at recent advances in quantum measurements, coherent control, and the generation of entangled states, while describing some of the challenges…
New Spin Technique Moves Quantum Computers a Step Closer
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh and Delft University of Technology have developed a new method for controlling the coherence of quantum bits, moving a…
Engineers Show Feasibility of Organic Topological Insulators
Engineers at the University of Utah are the first to demonstrate organic topological insulators, organic materials that conduct electricity on their molecular edges, but act…
Researchers Make Progress on a Quantum-Computing Proposal
Four groups of scientists announced progress on a quantum-computing proposal made two years ago by MIT researchers that has the potential to lead towards the…
Yale Physicists Observe Quantum Information While Preserving Its Integrity
Yale physicists have taken a step forward in quantum computing by developing a new, non-destructive measurement system for observing, tracking and documenting all changes in…
Photon Devices Could Outperform Traditional Computers
Quantum computers will be able to perform tasks that silicon-based computers wouldn’t be able to do, like cracking the codes that protect bank transactions. Several…
Samarium Hexoboride Behaves Like a Topological Insulator
Samarium hexoboride, a compound that had been poorly understood and that can gain conducting properties at very low temperatures, may be a topological insulator in…
Geometry of “Super Atoms” May Play a Role in Future Quantum Computer Design
Scientists investigating how atoms interact with one another have now gained new insights into a type of interaction that may contribute to the advancement of…
Electronic Read-Out of the Quantum State of an Atom
In a newly published study, researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and their colleagues have shown the first direct real-space images of spin-split molecular…
