A laser fired at a sheet of titanium dioxide changes the configuration of the crystal where it hits – a technique, developed by the quantum startup memQ, that enables scientists…
Category: Quantum Physics
New ion cooling technique could simplify quantum computing devices
Image shows the ion trap used to control the location of computational and refrigerant ions. The device was produced by Sandia National Laboratories. Credit: Sandia National Laboratories. A new cooling…
Research offer direct view of tantalum oxidation that impedes qubit coherence
Left: This scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) image of a tantalum (Ta) film surface shows an amorphous oxide above the regularly arrayed atoms of crystalline Ta metal. Right: The STEM…
A physical qubit with built-in error correction
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There has been significant progress in the field of quantum computing. Big global players, such as Google and IBM, are already offering cloud-based quantum computing services.…
Device could jumpstart work toward quantum internet
Microscope photograph of a device that could jumpstart work toward the quantum internet. The horizontal lines are diamond waveguides, each about 1,000 times smaller than a human hair. Credit: Atatüre…
First tetratomic supermolecules realized at nanokelvin temperatures
Two diatomic molecules sit in an intermolecular potential, here represented by iron powder indicating the field lines through which two molecules are bound. Credit: © Christoph Hohmann, MCQST A team…
