Qubits with staying power
Technique greatly extends duration of fragile quantum states, pointing toward practical quantum computers.
Technique greatly extends duration of fragile quantum states, pointing toward practical quantum computers.
New circuit design could unlock the power of experimental superconducting computer chips.
A light lattice that traps atoms may help scientists build networks of quantum information transmitters.
Scott Aaronson travels the far reaches of computational complexity, shaping conventional and quantum computing.
Professor Raymond C. Ashoori will serve as co-principal investigator in the Harvard-led effort to develop new devices for quantum computing.
An optical switch that can be turned on by a single photon could point toward new designs for both classical and quantum computers.
Over three days in December, four research groups announced progress on a quantum-computing proposal made two years ago by MIT researchers.
With a new contribution to probability theory, researchers show that relatively simple physical systems could yield powerful quantum computers.
New MIT system allows femtosecond-resolution movie of electrons in a topological insulator, a promising new electronic material.
Work correlating ultracold atoms’ spin with their direction of motion may help physicists model new circuit devices and unusual phases of matter.
Interactive proofs — mathematical games that underlie much modern cryptography — work even if players try to use quantum information to cheat.
Long-sought goal for quantum devices — the ability to transmit single photons while blocking multiple photons — is finally achieved.
10th anniversary of MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing celebrates past, looks to future.