In September 2000, Caltech's Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM) was born (albeit with a different name, the Institute for Quantum Information, or IQI). At the time, it was one of the world's first centers dedicated to the study of quantum information science—a field that uses the laws of quantum physics to create better [...]
An international, multi-institution effort has shown a significant speed-up in using quantum learning techniques to characterize physical systems. The researchers showed that while a classical, entanglement-free approach to these measurements would take 20 million years, their quantum, entanglement-enhanced approach took less than 15 minutes. Quantum learning advantage on a scalable photonic platform, appearing in Science, [...]
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Superconducting qubits possess outstanding capabilities for processing quantum information in the microwave domain; however they have limited coherence times. An interface between photons and phonons could allow quantum information to be stored in long-lived mechanical oscillators. Here, we introduce a platform that relies on electrostatic forces in nanoscale structures to achieve strong coupling between a [...]
BASILISK, the global esports organization built to champion science, debuted two historic partnerships at the Esports World Cup 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this week – furthering its mission to elevate science advocacy through the global reach and cultural influence of competitive gaming. BASILISK's new strategic partnerships with the California Institute of Technology's Institute for Quantum [...]
As part of the International Year of Quantum celebrations, Physics Today features notable entries including this June 1999 article by John Preskill Battling Decoherence: The Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer Quantum computers have the potential to do certain calculations faster than any foreseeable classical computers, but their success will depend on preserving complex coherent quantum states. Recent [...]
Google Doodle is joining in the World Quantum Day celebrations by demonstrating superposition. This Doodle celebrates World Quantum Day.IQIM’s Manager of Outreach, Spiros Michalakis is the U.S.A. representative for the World Quantum Day network. Recently, he was selected to lead the world-wide coordination team for World Quantum Day, partnering with Yasser Omar, professor at Instituto [...]
Please join us on Tuesday, April 15 from 10:15 am to 12:15 pm for a series of short science talks presented by IQIM Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars. We will be presenting from a series of three locations. Feel free to drop in at different rooms; the talks are meant to encourage discussion. For a [...]
Reporting in the February 26 issue of the journal Nature, a team of scientists from AWS and Caltech demonstrate a new quantum chip architecture for suppressing errors using a type of qubit known as a cat qubit. Cat qubits were first proposed in 2001, and, since then, researchers have developed and refined them. Now, the [...]
Laying the groundwork for quantum communication systems of the future, engineers at Caltech have demonstrated the successful operation of a quantum network of two nodes, each containing multiple quantum bits, or qubits—the fundamental information-storing building blocks of quantum computers. The work is described in a paper published on February 26 in the journal Nature, Multiplexed [...]
