Special Network to Link Canadian Quantum Researchers

A new national network, headquartered at the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), will ensure that research laboratories and tomorrow's workforce are populated with quantum-aware graduates. It will also provide made-in-Canada breakthroughs, protect them and promote them to private and public sectors...

MagiQ Founder Gelfond is Finalist for Award

Robert Gelfond, founder of MagiQ Technologies was selected as a finalist for the 2006 Small Times Magazine Best of Small Tech Business Leader of the Year Award...

Better Ion Traps for Quantum Computing

“Quantum computing looks very promising,” says Christopher Monroe, a professor at the University of Michigan. “But there are some big problems. One of those is that you have all this potential memory, but you can’t look at it. It’s tricky to get it out. You have to do things in a clever way and make sure that the information is not lost.” Monroe and a team of students at the University of Michigan led by Louis Deslauriers just might have found one way to better isolate quantum information in a quantum. It involves cold electrodes and almost completely stationary atoms...

Organizing molecules in a lattice for quantum computing

Molecules are possible candidates for quantum bits, the memory and processor units of a future quantum computer. Thereby, it is important that the molecules can store and exchange quantum information. In order for this to work, the molecules need to be arranged and kept in a regular array. Physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching have now succeeded in creating such a state using an optical lattice. The optical lattice is formed by superimposing several laser beams, the resulting shape of which resembles a stack of egg cartons. Exactly two atoms were placed into each well of this 'egg carton'. By applying a magnetic field, these atom pairs are associated to molecules (Nature Physics, 24th of September)...

Welcome to Quantum Qid!

The purpose of this blog is to promote the new quantum technologies, including:

• Quantum Computing
• Quantum Cryptography
• Quantum Sensors
• Quantum Storage
• Quantum Teleportation

My goal is to provide news, information, and links to help investors, investigators, and implementors.