Recent breakthroughs challenge the conventional wisdom that solid-state qubits require an ultra-dilute and pristine environment for extended lifetimes. A groundbreaking study, featured in Nature Physics, reveals that densely packing rare-earth ions into a crystal can give rise to pairs functioning as highly coherent qubits. Designing for Quantum Success: Clean Lines to Crowded Spaces In the […]
Modern technology owes much of its advancement to our grasp of quantum effects, including the development of semiconductors, transistors, lasers, organic chemistry, and magnetic resonance. Yet, the realm of quantum mechanics is rife with astounding revelations, and its core principles are so distinct from our conventional understanding that we are just beginning to uncover its […]
Quantum computers function in a fundamentally distinct manner compared to traditional digital computers. Quantum computing relies on the principles of quantum mechanics, leveraging phenomena that occur at the atomic, electron, and photon levels. The process entails encoding and manipulating information by managing quantum states, depending on the distinctive quantum properties of superposition and entanglement. Qubits […]