Joint Quantum Institute Researchers Delve into Klein Tunneling: Electrons Transiting Unimpeded Through Barriers Perfect quantum portal emerges at exotic interface Excerpts and salient points ~ + Researchers at the University of Maryland have captured the most direct evidence to date of a quantum quirk that […]
Controlling Polarity Results in New Quantum Devices The Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia, officially ICN2, is an international research institute located in the Barcelona, Spain, region. Its research focuses matter at the nanoscale; more specifically, the physical and chemical properties that arise from the […]
Quantum Information Storage through Light-Matter Manipulation Manipulating Light-Matter Interaction Unlocks Properties for Quantum Information Storage and Computing Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have come up with a way to manipulate tungsten diselenide (WSe2) —a promising two-dimensional material—to further unlock its potential to enable faster, more […]
Controlling Qubit Stability. Keeping a quantum bit [qubit] stable is one of the key challenges to scaling, and really making functional, quantum computers. Maintaining stability, i.e. the data contained in a qubit is the key to a quantum computer’s power. “Energy losses take […]
Ireland and Intel to Study Natural Language Processing Between Man and Machine Using Quantum Computing: Report. Funding in the amount of nearly $170,000 has been received by the Irish Centre for High End Computing (ICHEC). The funding, in part from the Intel corporation, is ear-marked for […]
Creating Tough and Resistant, Topological Qubits. Arguably, the topological qubit is considered the best quantum bit for maintaining given quantum information and is key to quantum computing moving ahead. Scientists at Purdue University believe they have developed a new research tool capable of probing interference […]
IBM Doubling ‘Quantum Volume’ Annually. But only since 2017. Yet, Big Blue, has released data showing the comparative improvement of newer IBM quantum computing systems while developing the metric of Quantum Volume. According to IBM, the performance of a particular quantum computer can be characterized […]
Increasing Qubit Control the Bristlecone Way. Google has been working on improving Bristlecone’s qubit control. New circuits have been developed which control its qubits from within the quantum computer’s cooling system. The number of physical connections between the quantum information processing units has been reduced. Fewer […]
Causing Material Defects to Speed-up Quantum Technology Developments. The second quantum revolution is arriving, arguably. It shows promise of new ways to measure, process, and transmit information, often requiring new types of materials. A multi-national group of scientists is “working on accelerator-based techniques for developing new […]
Rigetti Funded Research Yields High-fidelity, Coherence-limited Sweet Spot. Research funded by quantum computer leader Rigetti has demonstrated a high-fidelity, coherence-limited, parametrically-activated, two-qubit gate on a multi-qubit architecture having direct modulation of the tunable qubit. The device involved was designed to work in a general purpose multi-qubit […]
U.S. Army Seeking Quantum-assured Position, Navigation, Timing… But… A recent report on U.S. Army modernization has been released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The preponderance of technologies listed are near-term; now through 2026. However, quantum-assured PNT is not in the near-term. It rears its […]
Next Iteration of Quantum Repeaters to Help Build the Quantum Internet. A quantum-enabled internet is being sought by many organizations throughout the globe. A key component to the internet’s backbone is the use of a repeater – a device which increases the signal strength of data […]
Quantum Key Distribution in the Holland Tunnel. The annual QKD market may demand $2 billion by 2024. The nascent technology promises to be nearly impossible to hack without discovery. Currently the technology is being tested throughoout the world. Unknown to nearly everyone, the cutting-edge quantum science […]
Need a Quantum Computing Control System? Who would have thought the world would see the day? The day when quantum computing devices were real and entering the marketplace? Zurich Instruments has developed and commercially released a quantum computing control system. The device is making rapid […]
Improved Quantum Sensing; Nears Heisenberg Limit. The U.S.’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory Quantum Information Science Group is in an on-going quest to reach the elusive edge of possible measurement at the quantum level – the Heisenberg limit. Recent work is considered to be a significant achievement […]
Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm. Quantum computers outperforming classical systems are being explored to solve three general groups of problems to include factoring and discrete logarithms, quantum simulations, and optimization. Discussed is the hybrid algorithm, Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) and its applications. Reference is found… […]
U.K.’s Pioneer Fund Aims to Produce in Next 2 Years. Quantum technologies encompassing underground surveying, miniature atomic clocks for timing, integrated chips with quantum safe algorithms, and quantum key distribution for truly secure communications stand to benefit from a new and funded program in the […]
Protecting Entanglement of Photons with Symmetry. Research conducted at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology further proves quantum entanglement (quantum states) may be preserved when passing through nanoscale holes. The quantum computing nexus is the preservation of quantum information when passing through these waveguides. The […]