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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 quantum computers, a fundamentally new type of computers based on the behavior of the smallest building blocks of our universe – less than 1 billionth ...

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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. ...

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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 ...

thicker layers conduct better
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 ...

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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 ...

Nodar in his home office
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 ...

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27.11.2020 by Wojciech Kozlowski

From research to industry and back again

by Wojciech Kozlowski When I completed my PhD back in 2016 and started my new job as a software engineer in London I was not planning on ever going ...

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27.11.2020 by Anne-Marije Zwerver

Entanglement and Bell inequalities

by Anne-Marije Zwerver Bell inequalities There is this rather peculiar habit that I have: I always wear earrings, but I make sure I never wear two earrings of the ...

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25.09.2020 by Johannes Borregaard

Some thoughts on the tower of Babel

by Johannes Borregaard I am not particularly schooled in religious scripture of any kind. Nonetheless, one story that I vaguely remember having come across during my school years is ...

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11.09.2020 by Niels Bultink

A nightly physics adventure

” WA R N I N G : 5 FAU LT S F O U N D ! “ by Niels Bultink It was around 1:00 AM on a ...

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24.07.2020 by Christian Möhle

Kavli Warriors

by Christian Möhle In recent days my daily walk to the coffee machine has become ever more painful as Guan would spot me and start to yell at me ...

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09.07.2020 by Barbara Terhal

Poem: Betelgeuse & his little brother

by Barbara Terhal Barbara Terhal, faculty member at QuTech, wrote a poem about the tiny virus that holds the world in a firm grip these days, which we have ...