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24.12.2021 Blog Editors

What type of QuTech qubit are you?

Which QuTech qubit type are you? by QuTech blog editors For those who have always wondered: find out which qubit type your personality fits best by responding to the questions below and keeping track of your answers!   1. Do you like to be in charge? Yes: A, C No: B, D, E   ...

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09.12.2021 by Sayr Motz

How to Support Your Trans Colleagues

How to Support Your Trans Colleagues by Sayr Motz Hello, my name is Sayr ...

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25.11.2021 by Aletta Meinsma

Goodbye to ‘quantum supremacy’?

Goodbye to ‘quantum supremacy’? by Aletta Meinsma On October, 2019, the news got picked ...

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11.11.2021 by David van Driel

Van Keramiek tot Quantum/From Ceramics to Quantum Mechanics

by David van Driel Diagram taken from: H. A. Kramers and Helge Holst, The ...

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15.07.2021 by Pablo Cova Fariña

Analog quantum simulations with blue, big-eyed quantum dots

by Pablo Cova Fariña The world of quantum mechanics is quite a bizarre one. Take a bunch of particles, let them interact for a while and soon your computer ...

cartoon: where's rabi
01.07.2021 by Christian Andersen

Where is the Rabi oscillation?

by Christian Andersen If you are an experimentalist and you want to check if you have a qubit in your experiment, then you may know that a good way ...

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23.04.2021 by Tim Coopmans

How much GB do you need to back-up your quantum computer?

by Tim Coopmans A single quantum computer can be as powerful as a skyscraper-high pile of laptops – which is a curse for those designing it I work on ...

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09.04.2021 by Matteo Pasini

Spin, meet Photon. Photon, meet Spin

Making light interact with matter at the quantum level with cavities and colour centres. by Matteo Pasini Many phenomena that we take for granted in the macroscopic world, like ...

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25.02.2021 by Sophie Hermans

Ready, set, measure!

by Sophie Hermans After two and a half years of preparations, it is finally time. We are ready, the quantum bits are ready; we will be entangling three quantum ...

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12.02.2021 by Matthew Sarsby

5 Tips for Cooler Chips (in a Dilution Refrigerator)

by Dr M. Sarsby (You can view this post in PDF format here.) Getting small electronics cold is a practical challenge for research and the use of quantum devices. ...

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28.01.2021 by Jelmer Boter

Looking back at a PhD

by Jelmer Boter Looking back at a PhD The year 2021 just started. 2020 has been a challenging year for everyone, but for me personally there also are two ...

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24.12.2020 by QuTech Blog Editors

Merry Christmas 2020!

‘Tis the time of Christmas again! Needless for us to say, this Christmas is an extra special one, just as the rest of this year. While for many of ...