Posts Tagged quantum science

A new grant will allow John Nichol and his team to study thermoelectricity to help develop more efficient quantum computers.

Rochester researchers led by Machiel Blok are formulating new techniques—including one that uses qudits instead of qubits—to improve superconducting circuits and make quantum computers that are more powerful and reliable. This is how they qudit >>

The method, developed by researchers including John Nichol, an associate professor of physics, overcomes the limitations of electron spin resonance.

Compared to long, tedious hours of scanning by undergraduates, a breakthrough technology can detect monolayers with 99.9 percent accuracy—in far less time and at a fraction of the cost.

By clarifying the role of “real” and “virtual” charge carriers in laser-induced currents, researchers at Rochester and Erlangen have taken a decisive step toward creating ultrafast computers.

With new insights on the problem of noise in quantum computing, Rochester researchers make major strides in improving the transfer of information in quantum systems.

Engineers have taken advantage of the quantum entanglement phenomenon to generate unprecedented bandwidth and brightness on chip-sized nanophotonic devices.

Rochester scientists have secured national funding for a multi-institutional research effort that could alter the basic rules of chemistry.

Rochester researchers led by Todd Krauss, a professor of chemistry, are joining a major US Department of Energy-funded initiative to advance quantum science and technology.

New research demonstrates a way to use quantum properties of light to transmit information, a key step on the path to the next generation of computing and communications systems.