Quantum Computing News

New Method to Control Single-Photon Emission in 2D Materials Could Open Up New Way to All-Optical Quantum Computers

A new study has revealed a novel technique for developing thin films to regulate the emission of single photons. The study has boosted the efforts to develop reliable light-based quantum computing, quantum key distribution for cybersecurity, and other technologies.

New Molecular Resonances Could Enable Quantum Simulation of Many Body Systems

At the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ), physicists have successfully created massive diatomic molecules and later detected them optically with the help of a high-resolution objective.

New Vapor Stabilizing Method Allows Electrons to be Used for Quantum Computing and High-Precision Measurements

Researchers at the University of Bath have patented a novel method for stabilizing the density of alkali metal vapor through gold nanoparticles.

Study Finds that Photon Pairs Could be Used for Secure Transmission of Data

Quantum physics could be used to guarantee secure information technology in the future. In order to realize this, photons—individual particles of light—are used to securely transmit data.

Physicists Create Prototype Superefficient Memory for Future Computers

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and their colleagues from Germany and the Netherlands have achieved material magnetization switching on the shortest timescales, at a minimal energy cost.

New Method for Surpassing Narrow Limits of Analog Simulation of Quantum Systems in Quantum Computers

At present, several researchers are striving to explore how quantum advantage can be made use of on already existing hardware.

Generating High-Quality Single Photons for Quantum Computing

MIT researchers have designed a way to generate, at room temperature, more single photons for carrying quantum information. The design, they say, holds promise for the development of practical quantum computers.

Physicists Show Digital Quantum Simulators can be More Robust and Stable than Previously Assumed

While solving quantum-physical problems in multi-body systems, for example, estimating material properties, traditional computers quickly reach the limits of their potential.

Creating Atomic-Scale Crystal Defects to Speed Up Quantum Technologies

The unique phenomena of quantum entanglement and superposition are used by quantum technologies to encode and process information, with enormous advantages to an extensive range of information technologies from communications to computing and sensing.

Accelerating Quantum Technologies with Materials Processing at the Atomic Scale

An emerging suite of information technologies based on fundamental quantum physics has been given a boost by researchers at the University of Oxford, who have invented a method to engineer single atomic defects in diamond using laser processing.