Team is first ever to measure qubits with ultrasensitive thermal detectors, evading Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Chasing ever-higher qubit counts in near-term quantum computers constantly demands new feats of engineering.
Chasing ever-higher qubit counts in near-term quantum computers constantly demands new feats of engineering.
Quantum Physics
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Perched atop a high plateau in Chile's Atacama Desert, a long-awaited observatory is beginning to take shape: the largest suite of ground-based telescopes devoted to studying the oldest light in the universe: radiation left ...
Astronomy
Jan 24, 2024
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Scientists in Finland have developed a nanodevice that can measure the absolute power of microwave radiation down to the femtowatt level at ultra-low temperatures—a scale trillion times lower than routinely used in verifiable ...
Quantum Physics
May 25, 2023
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Physicists at Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Center of Finland have developed a new detector for measuring energy quanta at unprecedented resolution. This discovery could help bring quantum computing out of the ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 30, 2020
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Researchers from Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have built a super-sensitive bolometer, a type of thermal radiation detector. The new radiation detector, made of a gold-palladium mixture makes ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 11, 2019
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Bolometers, devices that monitor electromagnetic radiation through heating of an absorbing material, are used by astronomers and homeowners alike. But most such devices have limited bandwidth and must be operated at ultralow ...
Nanophysics
Jun 11, 2018
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Graphene is a remarkable material: light, strong, transparent and electrically conductive. It can also convert heat to electricity. Researchers have recently exploited this thermoelectric property to create a new kind of ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 6, 2018
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A team of researchers from the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR, Spain) and the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS, in France) has developed a "scintillating bolometer", a device that the scientists will use in efforts ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 25, 2009
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