quantum memories
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Using sound to remember quantum information
From Caltech: Mohammad Mirhosseini of Caltech and team develop a hybrid quantum memory that stores quantum states from superconducting qubits as sound, extending storage times up to 30 times longer than existing methods. Read More
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Stoichiometric crystal shows promise in quantum memory
In recent years, rare earth atoms in solid materials at cryogenic temperatures have shown to be promising for quantum memory. As part of this inquiry, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have identified favorable properties in a stoichiometric europium material with a layered structure. They report the growth and characterization of NaEu(IO₃)₄, a rare earth material that may have future implications in quantum memory. Read More
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Design rules and synthesis of quantum memory candidates
From the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Researchers use density functional theory calculations to identify possible europium compounds to serve as a new quantum memory platform. They also synthesize one of the predicted compounds, a brand new, air-stable material that is a strong candidate for use in quantum memory Read More
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Better materials for quantum memories
Rare-earth ions on solid materials are promising for quantum communication. Researchers grow oxide thin films doped with erbium in varying concentrations and measured key features relevant for quantum memories. Read More
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UChicago scientists invent ‘quantum flute’ that can make particles of light move together
From University of Chicago: Q-NEXT collaborator David Schuster and team have invented “quantum flute” that can coerce particles of light to move together in a way that’s never been seen before. The breakthrough, reported in Physical Review Letters and Nature Physics, could point the way toward realizing quantum memories or new forms of error correction in quantum computers and observing quantum phenomena that cannot be seen in nature. Read More
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Quantum computing interconnect, memory and other engineering advances
From The Post-Quantum World: Technologies like interconnects and improved memory for repeaters will enable quantum computers to accelerate in power and connectivity in the future. The U.S. Department of Energy is focused on strengthening the nation’s leadership position in the quantum arms race, but the technologies will benefit all areas of the industry. Q-NEXT CTO Supratik Guha chats with Konstantinos Karagiannis on Protiviti's The Post-Quantum World podcast. Read More
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Elizabeth Goldschmidt: creating quantum memories
Goldschmidt’s lab is a playground for controlling particles of light to build new ways to store quantum information. A professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, she’s helping develop the quantum communication technologies of the future. Read More
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Quantum computing interconnect, memory and other engineering advances
From Protiviti's The Post-Quantum World: Q-NEXT CTO Supratik Guha chats about quantum interconnects and memories, the next-generation workforce, the importance of collaboration and even the development of the first IBM quantum processor on the podcast The Post-Quantum World. Read More
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David Awschalom wins global Breakthrough of the Year award
David Awschalom, Q-NEXT Chief Science Officer and the Liew Family Professor of Quantum Engineering and Physics at the University of Chicago, received the prestigious Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year in Physical Sciences for a pioneering body of work that broke the wall between quantum technology, molecules, and proteins. Read More
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Helium lifts new quantum computing concept
A team led by Jacob Covey, who is part of Q-NEXT and is an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago, laid out a new concept that could turn helium’s light weight into the next generation of quantum computers. The design relies on helium-3, an isotope with different quantum properties than the helium-4 used to cool MRI machines and fill party balloons. Once built, the computer could use high-powered lasers as “optical tweezers” to capture and control individual atoms of helium. Read More
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Researchers make materials that support quantum technology
Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who are part of Q-NEXT are engineering material systems that support quantum technology. Chris Anderson and his team are developing materials for quantum transduction — the conversion of quantum information from one form to another. Elizabeth Goldschmidt, Daniel Shoemaker, and colleagues are developing quantum memory technology that stores quantum information for extended periods of time. Read More
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Silicon Chip Offers New Way to Probe Quantum Materials in Strong Magnetic Fields
Scientists have created a silicon chip that can detect the electrical behavior of very small materials by using very high-frequency waves. The chip is made only from silicon and other non-superconducting materials and still performs very well when cooled from room temperature down to about 4 Kelvin. Read More
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Making quantum bits ready to use again much sooner
Scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Intel have found that a simple electrical pulse can quickly push a quantum dot qubit out of a latched state and return it to its starting condition with very high reliability. Read More
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Q-NEXT-developed open-source software receives 2026 R&D 100 award
SeQUeNCe, a free, open-source software developed by Argonne scientists with Q-NEXT support, is one of seven Argonne projects that received a 2026 R&D 100 Award. The SeQUeNCe software lets researchers test how quantum networks might work before building them. Read More
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Researchers generate spontaneous magnons that synchronize with external signals
Researchers at Argonne and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign demonstrate a method for generating stable ripples in magnetic materials called magnons. The work opens avenues for information processing in microelectronics and quantum devices. Read More
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Uncovering the hidden disorder in silicon quantum computers
From the U.S. Department of Energy: Q-NEXT researchers map the variation in materials to the atom level to scale up silicon qubits Read More
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Color centers in high-purity diamond
Researchers mapped how electron irradiation makes defects inside diamond, finding that creating more vacancies does not always produce more NV centers. Too many vacancies can form unwanted defects. This result can inform advances in quantum sensing. Read More
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Containing multitudes: SLAC scientist collaborates to create scalable qubits
At SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Q-NEXT collaborator Shannon Harvey develops quantum dots — a mass-producible type of qubit. Driven by curiosity about nature and how things work, Harvey draws on her facility for working at the nanoscale. Read More