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Researchers Announce New Technique to Measure Energy in Multilayered Graphene (Jan 2025)
Researchers at the Swiss École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and National Institute for Materials Science
in Japan have developed a new technique to directly measure energy gaps and bandwidths in multilayer graphene systems,
paving the way for deeper insights into exotic quantum states and future electronic devices. When layers of graphene
are stacked on top of each other and slightly rotated, the atomic lattices create a periodic interference pattern known
as a moiré pattern. This pattern significantly changes the electronic behavior of the material, sometimes leading to
exotic quantum phenomena like superconductivity and magnetism. However, directly probing the fine details of these
quantum states has been a challenge.
Understanding how electrons behave in these stacked graphene systems is crucial for
designing future electronic and quantum devices. But conventional techniques struggle to precisely measure energy gaps
and bandwidth—the parameters that dictate how electrons move and interact in these systems. Without a reliable method
to extract this data, researchers have been piecing together the puzzle through indirect observations.
D-Wave Quantum Inc.
PALO ALTO, Calif. – February 13, 2925 – D-Wave Quantum Inc. a leader in quantum computing systems, software,
and services, and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, and the Jülich Supercomputing Centre
(JSC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) announced today that FZJ has purchased a D-Wave quantum computer, becoming
the first high-performance computing (HPC) center in the world to own a D-Wave Advantage annealing quantum computing system.
With the purchase of the world's largest quantum computer and Europe's first quantum computer with more than 5,000 qubits
and 15-way connectivity, the Jülich UNified Infrastructure for Quantum computing (JUNIQ), a public quantum computing user
facility deployed by JSC, gains complete access to all aspects of the system– including the ability to modify system parameters
and integrate the quantum system in new ways for new purposes. For example, this will allow it to be connected to the JUPITER
exascale computer in the future, potentially enabling breakthroughs in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum optimization.
JUPITER, which is currently being built close to JUNIQ at the FZJ, is expected to surpass the threshold of one quintillion
calculations per second. This will be the world’s first coupling of an annealing quantum computer with an exascale
supercomputer, providing a first-of-a-kind opportunity for tackling the world's toughest computational problems.
Rigetti Computing, Inc.
February 11, 2925 - Research from QphoX, Rigetti, and Qblox is announced. The research objective is to
replace coaxial cables and other cryogenic components with optical fibers, which have a considerably smaller footprint and negligible
thermal conductivity. The challenge lies in converting the microwave signals used to control qubits into infrared light that can
be transmitted through fiber. This is where microwave-to-optical transduction comes into play, a field dedicated to the coherent
conversion of microwave photons to optical photons. QphoX has developed transducers with piezo-optomechanical technology that are
capable of performing this conversion, forming an interface between superconducting qubits and fiber-optics.
Quantum Computing, Inc.
HOBOKEN, NJ – December 17, 2024 – Quantum Computing Inc. (“QCi” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: QUBT), an innovative, integrated
photonics and quantum optics technology company, today announced that the Company has been awarded a prime contract by the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (“NASA”) Goddard Space Flight Center. This contract marks a pivotal step forward
for QCi by applying its entropy quantum optimization machine, Dirac-3, to support NASA’s advanced imaging and data processing demands.
The contract will apply Dirac-3 to address the challenging phase unwrapping problem for optimally reconstructing images and extracting
information from interferometric data generated by radar. QCi will support NASA in its mission to unwrap interferograms at full scale,
ultimately enhancing their data quality and accuracy. QCi believes this project will highlight Dirac-3’s capabilities in providing superior
solutions to non-deterministic polynomial time hard (NP-hard) problems, significantly improving solution quality and computational speed.
“QCi is proud to support NASA in this critical mission to process large volumes of interferometric imaging data more efficiently,” stated
Dr. William McGann, Chief Executive Officer at QCi. “The project’s goal is to demonstrate how QCi’s Dirac-3 can address the phase unwrapping
problem and allow NASA to compare the results and benefits of QCi’s quantum optimization technology with state-of-the-art algorithms running
on classical computers.”
Google - Quantum AI
Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip
Hartmut Neven - Dec 09, 2024 Today I’m delighted to announce Willow, our latest quantum chip. Willow has state-of-the-art performance across
a number of metrics, enabling two major achievements. The first is that Willow can reduce errors exponentially as we scale up using more qubits.
This cracks a key challenge in quantum error correction that the field has pursued for almost 30 years. Second, Willow performed a standard
benchmark computation in under five minutes that would take one of today’s fastest
supercomputers 10 septillion (that is, 1025) years — a number that vastly exceeds the age of the Universe.
The Willow chip is a major step on a journey that began over 10 years ago. When I founded Google Quantum AI in 2012, the vision was to build
a useful, large-scale quantum computer that could harness quantum mechanics — the “operating system” of nature to the extent we know it
today — to benefit society by advancing scientific discovery, developing helpful applications, and tackling some of society's greatest
challenges. As part of Google Research, our team has charted a long-term roadmap, and Willow moves us significantly along that path
towards commercially relevant applications.
© Copyright 2025 All Rights Reserved QuantumExtra Inc.
Researchers Announce New Technique to Measure Energy in Multilayered Graphene (Jan 2025)
D-Wave Quantum Inc. Rigetti Computing, Inc. Quantum Computing, Inc.
Google - Quantum AI
Researchers at the Swiss École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and National Institute for Materials Science
in Japan have developed a new technique to directly measure energy gaps and bandwidths in multilayer graphene systems,
paving the way for deeper insights into exotic quantum states and future electronic devices. When layers of graphene
are stacked on top of each other and slightly rotated, the atomic lattices create a periodic interference pattern known
as a moiré pattern. This pattern significantly changes the electronic behavior of the material, sometimes leading to
exotic quantum phenomena like superconductivity and magnetism. However, directly probing the fine details of these
quantum states has been a challenge.
Understanding how electrons behave in these stacked graphene systems is crucial for
designing future electronic and quantum devices. But conventional techniques struggle to precisely measure energy gaps
and bandwidth—the parameters that dictate how electrons move and interact in these systems. Without a reliable method
to extract this data, researchers have been piecing together the puzzle through indirect observations.
PALO ALTO, Calif. – February 13, 2925 – D-Wave Quantum Inc. a leader in quantum computing systems, software,
and services, and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, and the Jülich Supercomputing Centre
(JSC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) announced today that FZJ has purchased a D-Wave quantum computer, becoming
the first high-performance computing (HPC) center in the world to own a D-Wave Advantage annealing quantum computing system.
With the purchase of the world's largest quantum computer and Europe's first quantum computer with more than 5,000 qubits
and 15-way connectivity, the Jülich UNified Infrastructure for Quantum computing (JUNIQ), a public quantum computing user
facility deployed by JSC, gains complete access to all aspects of the system– including the ability to modify system parameters
and integrate the quantum system in new ways for new purposes. For example, this will allow it to be connected to the JUPITER
exascale computer in the future, potentially enabling breakthroughs in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum optimization.
JUPITER, which is currently being built close to JUNIQ at the FZJ, is expected to surpass the threshold of one quintillion
calculations per second. This will be the world’s first coupling of an annealing quantum computer with an exascale
supercomputer, providing a first-of-a-kind opportunity for tackling the world's toughest computational problems.
February 11, 2925 - Research from QphoX, Rigetti, and Qblox is announced. The research objective is to
replace coaxial cables and other cryogenic components with optical fibers, which have a considerably smaller footprint and negligible
thermal conductivity. The challenge lies in converting the microwave signals used to control qubits into infrared light that can
be transmitted through fiber. This is where microwave-to-optical transduction comes into play, a field dedicated to the coherent
conversion of microwave photons to optical photons. QphoX has developed transducers with piezo-optomechanical technology that are
capable of performing this conversion, forming an interface between superconducting qubits and fiber-optics.
HOBOKEN, NJ – December 17, 2024 – Quantum Computing Inc. (“QCi” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: QUBT), an innovative, integrated
photonics and quantum optics technology company, today announced that the Company has been awarded a prime contract by the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (“NASA”) Goddard Space Flight Center. This contract marks a pivotal step forward
for QCi by applying its entropy quantum optimization machine, Dirac-3, to support NASA’s advanced imaging and data processing demands.
The contract will apply Dirac-3 to address the challenging phase unwrapping problem for optimally reconstructing images and extracting
information from interferometric data generated by radar. QCi will support NASA in its mission to unwrap interferograms at full scale,
ultimately enhancing their data quality and accuracy. QCi believes this project will highlight Dirac-3’s capabilities in providing superior
solutions to non-deterministic polynomial time hard (NP-hard) problems, significantly improving solution quality and computational speed.
“QCi is proud to support NASA in this critical mission to process large volumes of interferometric imaging data more efficiently,” stated
Dr. William McGann, Chief Executive Officer at QCi. “The project’s goal is to demonstrate how QCi’s Dirac-3 can address the phase unwrapping
problem and allow NASA to compare the results and benefits of QCi’s quantum optimization technology with state-of-the-art algorithms running
on classical computers.”
Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip
Hartmut Neven - Dec 09, 2024 Today I’m delighted to announce Willow, our latest quantum chip. Willow has state-of-the-art performance across
a number of metrics, enabling two major achievements. The first is that Willow can reduce errors exponentially as we scale up using more qubits.
This cracks a key challenge in quantum error correction that the field has pursued for almost 30 years. Second, Willow performed a standard
benchmark computation in under five minutes that would take one of today’s fastest
supercomputers 10 septillion (that is, 1025) years — a number that vastly exceeds the age of the Universe.
The Willow chip is a major step on a journey that began over 10 years ago. When I founded Google Quantum AI in 2012, the vision was to build
a useful, large-scale quantum computer that could harness quantum mechanics — the “operating system” of nature to the extent we know it
today — to benefit society by advancing scientific discovery, developing helpful applications, and tackling some of society's greatest
challenges. As part of Google Research, our team has charted a long-term roadmap, and Willow moves us significantly along that path
towards commercially relevant applications.
© Copyright 2025 All Rights Reserved QuantumExtra Inc.