Part Light and Part Matter, an Odd Quantum State for Quantum Devices
Researchers develop unique process for producing light-matter mixture Annular holes in a thin gold film filled with silicon dioxide enable ultrastrong coupling between light and atomic vibrations. This structure provides opportunities to probe molecules interacting with quantum vacuum fluctuations and develop novel optoelectronic devices. Image credit: Oh Group, University of Minnesota In groundbreaking new […]
U.S. NIST Develops Approach to Qubit Design, Sidestepping Errors
Error-Prone Quantum Bits Could Correct Themselves, NIST Physicists Show Novel error-correction approach could address a long-standing issue with quantum computers. This artist’s conception simplifies the ideas in the paper to illustrate the new qubit design’s overall concept. Photons flow continuously into the cavity like water flowing down a stream (#1), and the photons’ wavelike natures […]
So which is it? 10 Billion (Hype?) or 100 Trillion (Hype!)
Two reports, same topic, same backstory, two very different headlines. So which is it? 10 Billion (Hype?) or 100 Trillion (Hype!) or both? (Hype? & Hype!) You decide. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit China claims it built a quantum computer that’s 10 billion times faster than Google’s + State researchers in China recently developed a […]
Mphasis Emphasizes Cloud Computing + Quantum Computing as the Solution to Complex Business Challenges
Mphasis helps to support the launch of Professional Services in AWS Marketplace Mphasis, an Information Technology (IT) solutions provider specializing in cloud and cognitive services, announced today [December 7, 2020] that it is participating in the launch of Professional Services in AWS Marketplace. Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers can now find and purchase professional services from Mphasis in […]
Nokia Foundation Rewarding Finnish Quantum Computing Research
Nokia Foundation award to Mikko Möttönen for quantum computing research The awardee, Mikko Möttönen, D.Sc. (Tech), Professor of Quantum Technology at Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, has persistently carried out research that is now being utilized in the development of commercial quantum computing. Nokia Foundation promotes and supports Finnish scientific development […]
Excellent! Maryam Tsegaye Nets $400K for Outstanding Quantum Tunneling Explanation
This young lady scientist-educator makes ‘it’ make sense. She’s a fast talker so we reviewed this a second time at 0.75 speed on the video. GREAT STUFF and congratulations to her! Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit Breakthrough Prize Foundation Announces Student Winner of Sixth Annual Breakthrough Junior Challenge Maryam Tsegaye, 17, (Fort McMurray, Canada), Receives […]
China Claims Quantum Supremacy Albeit Solely Boson Sampling
The new light-based quantum computer Jiuzhang has achieved quantum supremacy Key points… + A photonic quantum computer, which harnesses particles of light, or photons, performed a calculation that’s impossible for a conventional computer, researchers in China report online December 3 in Science. That milestone, known as quantum supremacy, has been met only once before, in […]
Navigating Qubit-Qubit Interactions in a Disturbing Environment
Liberating Quantum Processors from Parasitic Interactions Creating perfect entanglement – a basic prerequisite for the success of quantum computers – requires full control over all qubit-qubit interactions. Until now, this goal has been hindered by the presence of an always-on and fundamental parasitic interaction that disturbs entanglement. Now, researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen […]
Brit Grit: BT, Nu-Quantum, Angoka, Duality to Trial Quantum-Secure Communications for 5G and Your Car
BT to stage ‘world-first’ test of 5G quantum security Key points… + Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a supposedly ‘unhackable’ technique for sharing encryption keys between locations using a single stream of photons. This ‘AIRQKD’ trial combines BT’s expertise in QKD with other quantum-enhanced security chips in mobile devices to create an ultra-secure link between […]
Gaining Control of Molecules in the Region Where Quantum Mechanics is Prevalent
Quantum molecular switches operate by hydrogen tunneling with some help The quantum dynamics of hydrogen is central to many problems in nature, being strongly influenced by the environment in which it takes place. In their contribution to PRL, members of the Lise Meitner Group at the MPSD address hydrogen transfer within a supported molecular switch, showing […]