With the release of version 1.1 of the Intel Quantum Software Development Kit (SDK) on the Intel® Developer Cloud or qBraid, developers now have more options to use this full quantum computer in simulation, including the Intel® Quantum Compiler, Quantum Runtime and simulation of quantum hardware. Intel Quantum SDK 1.1 expands the capabilities of the high-level programming environment with new features, including an open source compiler front end, new target qubit simulator back ends and customizable qubit noise models, as well as more powerful programming tools for coding in familiar patterns.

The heart of future quantum devices could be lit up by arrays of tiny glow-sticks, developed by ANU physicists.A group from the Department of Electronic Materials Engineering (EME) manufactured an array of tens of thousands of indium phosphide nanowires and made them glow by incorporating single quantum dot emitters into them.

Diraq, a global leader in quantum computing using silicon ‘quantum dot’ technology, today announced the official opening of its new state-of-the-art commercial quantum computing laboratory located on the campus of UNSW in Sydney, Australia.

A recent study, spearheaded by Boaz Lubotzky during his PhD research, along with Prof. Ronen Rapaport from the Racah Institute of Physics at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with teams from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in the USA and from Ulm University in Germany, unveiled a significant advancement toward the on-chip integration of single-photon sources at room temperature. This achievement represents a significant step forward in the field of quantum photonics and holds promise for various applications including quantum computing, cryptography, and sensing.

Quantum Motion, a UK-based quantum computing scale-up founded by Professor John Morton, University College London (UCL), and Professor Simon Benjamin, University of Oxford, has been selected by the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) to build a quantum processor test bed for its site in Oxfordshire. Quantum Motion’s prototype system will be based on the same silicon MOS platform used throughout the consumer electronics industry today, while the test bed forms part of NQCC’s vision to enable the UK to solve some of the most complex and challenging problems facing society by harnessing the potential of quantum computing.

The world’s most efficient quantum dot (QD) solar cell has been developed by the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST). A quantum dot solution and a device used in the development of the solar cell can maintain high performance even after long-term storage, taking a step closer to the commercialization of next-generation solar cells.

NTT Corporation (NTT) and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have achieved a step forward in developing standards for quantum currents by successfully creating a stable and reliable electric current using quantum dots. This study has implications for improving precise measurement technologies by ensuring that the basic rules governing the microscopic world are consistent and could be used to power more devices simultaneously, leading to advancements in current comparison and multiplication techniques.

QDI Systems, a deep technology company based in Groningen, has announced its Series A funding of 5 million euros to scale up its revolutionary quantum dots technology for the medical sector and new markets.