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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 will have a hard time understanding what is going on. Luckily, we can do better! Although I would love to present you the solution to ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 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 ...

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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 ...