The fragility and laws of quantum physics generally make the characterization of quantum systems time‑consuming. Furthermore, ...

A new light-based breakthrough could help quantum computers finally scale up. Stanford researchers created miniature optical cavities that efficiently collect light from individual atoms, allowing ...

A breakthrough optical design allows quantum computers to read information in parallel, a key step toward building ...

They combined optical tweezers with metasurfaces to trap more than 1,000 atoms, with the potential to capture hundreds of thousands more. Quantum computers will only surpass classical machines if they ...

Quantum computing has spent years in the realm of lab demos and marketing decks, promising breakthroughs that never quite arrived at commercial scale. With NTT now tying its long-term network vision ...

Quantum computing technology is complex, getting off the ground and maturing. There is promise of things to come. potentially changing the computing paradigm.

(Phys.org) -- Quantum computers may someday revolutionize the information world. But in order for quantum computers at distant locations to communicate with one another, they have to be linked ...

Just a few years ago, many researchers in quantum computing thought it would take several decades to develop machines that ...

Researchers create a nanoscale light switch operating 10,000 times faster than electronic transistors, opening possibilities ...

Technique lays the groundwork for neutral-atom quantum computers with more than 100 000 qubits, say physicists ...

NTT and OptQC aim to build a 1-million qubit quantum computer based on light, rather than electricity, to enhance reliability, scalability and practicality. Use cases for a practical optical quantum ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists at the University of Innsbruck, led by Philipp Schindler and Rainer Blatt, has been the first to demonstrate a crucial element ...