Two beams of blue light intersect and a spherical ion is at the center.

Efficient cooling method could enable chip-based trapped-ion quantum computers

Adam Zewe | MIT News

New technique could improve the scalability of trapped-ion quantum computers, an essential step toward making them practically useful.

Theory-Guided Strategy Expands the Scope of Measurable Quantum Interactions

Adam Zewe | MIT News

An oft-ignored effect can be used to probe an important property of semiconductors, a new study finds.

Closing in on Superconducting Semiconductors

Julianna Mullen | Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Plasma Science and Fusion Center researchers created a superconducting circuit that could one day replace semiconductor components in quantum and high-performance computing systems.

Two coupled qubits with a bright light shining on them

MIT Engineers Advance Toward a Fault-tolerant Quantum Computer

Adam Zewe | MIT News

Researchers achieved a type of coupling between artificial atoms and photons that could enable readout and processing of quantum information in a few nanoseconds.

Photon traveling through curly processors

Device enables direct communication among multiple quantum processors

Adam Zewe | MIT News

MIT researchers developed a photon-shuttling “interconnect” that can facilitate remote entanglement, a key step toward a practical quantum computer.

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Researchers Establish New Basis for Quantum Sensing and Communication

MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems

New theoretical approach for generating quantum states could lead to improved accuracy and reliability of information and decision systems.

A unique computer chip has red and blue light on grid-like pathways.

Quantum Simulator Could Help Uncover Materials for High-performance Electronics

Adam Zewe | MIT News

By emulating a magnetic field on a superconducting quantum computer, researchers can probe complex properties of materials.

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3Qs: Dirk Englund on the Quantum Computing Track within 6-5, “Electrical Engineering With Computing”

Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Professor Dirk Englund shares more about the new quantum curriculum within electrical engineering.

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Toward a Code-breaking Quantum Computer

Adam Zewe | MIT News

Building on a landmark algorithm, researchers propose a way to make a smaller and more noise-tolerant quantum factoring circuit for cryptography.

Quantum Explained

MIT News

Professor of physics and director of the MIT Center for Quantum Computing, Will Oliver, explains quantum technology.

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