Quantum communication Artist’s impression of a quantum network. This latest research could lead to quantum dots being used as quantum repeaters in future implementations. (Courtesy: iStock/Quardia) A ...

Quantum computers, systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could outperform classical computers on some advanced tasks. These systems rely on qubits, the fundamental ...

In an advance for quantum technologies, researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, have created a functional quantum register using the atoms inside a semiconductor quantum dot.

Quantum teleportation has moved from science fiction into laboratory reality, but not in the way popular culture imagines. Instead of beaming people or objects across space, physicists are learning ...

In a study published in Reports on Progress in Physics, research teams led by Academician GUO Guangcan and Prof. LIU Biheng from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese ...

In the previous article titled “The Basics: How Quantum Computers Work and Where the Technology is Heading,” we provided an overview of foundational quantum computing concepts, including qubits ...

Entangled in blue Artist’s impression of entanglement. The quantum phenomenon plays a crucial role in the encryption protocol developed by Koji Yamaguchi and Achim Kempf. (Courtesy: iStock/Jian Fan) ...

One by one, each ion-qubit is moved into an optical cavity, where mirrors efficiently collect the photons emitted by the ion-qubit. Each photon emerges entangled with its ion-qubit, forming a deep ...

A group of South Korean researchers has successfully developed an integrated quantum circuit chip using photons (light particles). It is a system capable of controlling eight photons using a photonic ...

Interference helps keep quantum bits (qubits) stable by reducing outside disruptions. It speeds up calculations by letting ...