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Scientists develop novel high-fidelity quantum computing gate

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing and Toshiba have succeeded in building a quantum computer gate based on a double-transmon coupler (DTC), which had been proposed theoretically as a device that could ...

New theory reveals the shape of a single photon

A new theory that explains how light and matter interact at the quantum level has enabled researchers to define for the first time the precise shape of a single photon.

A new method for creating a quantum gas

Cooling atomic gases to the quantum regime often involves time-consuming steps. Electromagnetically induced transparency now achieves quantum degeneracy with high efficiency.

Physicists create the first fully mechanical qubit

A team of physicists at ETH Zürich has built the first-ever working mechanical qubit. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their novel idea for creating such a qubit and how well it has worked ...

New route to quantum spin liquid materials discovered

A new route to materials with complex disordered magnetic properties at the quantum level has been produced by scientists for the first time. The material, based on a framework of ruthenium, fulfills the requirements of the ...

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Condensed Matter
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Quantum Physics
Compact error correction: Toward a more efficient 'quantum hard drive'
Quantum Physics
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Condensed Matter
Scientists capture images of a new quantum phase in electron molecular crystals
Condensed Matter
Quantum vortices confirm superfluidity in supersolid
Condensed Matter
Controlling skyrmions at room-temperature in 2D topological spin structure technology
General Physics
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Quantum Physics
Successful demonstration of a commercial cryogenic radio frequency power sensor paves way for quantum computing
Quantum Physics
Physicists propose Bell test for probing quantum entanglement
Optics & Photonics
A new paradigm for control of quantum emitters—modulating and encoding quantum photonic info on a single light stream
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25 km quantum network link between Dutch cities represents a key advance
Condensed Matter
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Light stands still in a deformed crystal

AMOLF researchers, in collaboration with Delft University of Technology, have succeeded in bringing light waves to a halt by deforming the two-dimensional photonic crystal that contains them. The researchers show that even ...

Manipulating the geometry of the 'electron universe' in magnets

Researchers at Tohoku University and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have developed fundamental experiments and theories to manipulate the geometry of the "electron universe," which describes the structure of electronic quantum ...

Steering toward quantum simulation at scale

Researchers simulated a key quantum state at one of the largest scales reported, with support from the Quantum Computing User Program, or QCUP, at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.