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December 23, 2020 |
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Variational Quantum Algorithms Review |
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A team of researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Google has reviewed the state of the art of Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs). Applications such as simulating large quantum systems… |
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December 23, 2020 |
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Multipartite entanglement |
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Despite the fundamental importance of quantum entanglement in many-body systems, our understanding is mostly limited to bipartite situations. Indeed, even defining appropriate notions of multipartite entanglement is a significant challenge… |
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December 23, 2020 |
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Artificial intelligence solves Schrödinger's equation |
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A team of scientists at Freie Universität Berlin has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) method for calculating the ground state of the Schrödinger equation in quantum chemistry. Up to now,… |
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December 23, 2020 |
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The Germanium quantum information route |
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In the effort to develop disruptive quantum technologies, germanium is emerging as a versatile material to realize devices capable of encoding, processing and transmitting quantum information. These devices leverage the… |
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December 22, 2020 |
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Sketching quantum devices with focused electrons |
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A technique created by researchers at University of Pittsburgh enables them to “sketch” patterns of electrons into a programmable quantum material (Lanthanum Aluminate/Strontium Titanate or “LAO/STO”). Using this approach, they… |
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December 21, 2020 |
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Connecting qubits via a cryogenic link |
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Powerful quantum computers could be built by linking together multiple superconducting quantum processors. Promising schemes involve exchanging visible or infrared photons through optical fibers and converting such photons into microwave… |
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December 21, 2020 |
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More efficient entangled photons |
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Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have created a chip-based photon source 100 times more efficient than previously possible. To create photon pairs, researchers trap light in carefully sculpted nanoscale… |
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December 21, 2020 |
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A state of vibration that exists simultaneously at two different times |
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Scientists from EPFL, MIT, and CEA Saclay demonstrate a state of vibration that exists simultaneously at two different times. They evidence this quantum superposition by measuring the strongest class of… |
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December 21, 2020 |
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The New Quantum Center at ETH Zurich |
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ETH Zurich announced its new Quantum Center. The center has 28 founding members from 6 different departments of ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute. The purpose of the new ETH… |
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December 18, 2020 |
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ColdQuanta and ParityQC work on QAOA optimization problems |
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Solving industry-relevant problems using a quantum algorithm faster than any classical computer is considered the grand challenge of quantum computing. ColdQuanta, a developer of cold atom quantum technology, has joined… |
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December 18, 2020 |
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Ultra-thin designer materials unlock quantum phenomena |
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Physicists at Aalto University have designed a new ultra-thin material that they have used to create elusive quantum states. Called one-dimensional Majorana Zero energy Modes (MZMs), these quantum states could… |
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December 18, 2020 |
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Physicists invent a machine that translates quantum systems in time |
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A research group at the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), Austria, has explored time rewind and fast-forward reality question from the point of view of quantum mechanics.… |
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December 18, 2020 |
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Tiny quantum computer solves real optimization problem |
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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have shown that they can solve a small part of a real aviation logistics problem with their small, but well-functioning quantum computer. All… |
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December 18, 2020 |
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Bedtime reading: Fermions can behave like bosons |
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Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and the Purdue university use quantum simulation to explore a bosonization phenomenon with ultracold fermions in three dimensions. Bosons… |
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December 17, 2020 |
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6-qubit Optimal Clifford Circuits |
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Clifford group lies at the core of quantum computation: it underlies quantum error correction, its elements can be used to perform magic state distillation and they form randomized benchmarking protocols,… |
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