Scientists have discovered that a ‘single atomic defect' in a layered 2D material can hold onto quantum information for microseconds at room temperature, underscoring the potential of 2D materials in advancing quantum technologies. The defect, found by researchers from the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge using a thin material called Hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN), demonstrates spin coherence—a property where an electronic spin can retain quantum information— under ambient conditions. They also found that these spins can be controlled with light.

Study shows neutrons can bind to nanoscale atomic clusters known as quantum dots. The finding may provide insights into material properties and quantum effects.

The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Siegen-based start-up eleQtron are together building a globally unique modular supercomputer consisting of a quantum module and a classical digital module.

Within MUNIQC-Atoms, a consortium of 18 partners from academia and industry is developing a scalable quantum computing demonstrator based on trapped neutral atoms, which will be integrated in the Munich Quantum Valley ecosystem.

Vexlum Ltd, a leading supplier of advanced laser system for quantum applications including quantum applications, announces that it has been awarded a €2.4 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) as part of the deep-tech EIC Accelerator Programme. The grant will be used to advance Vexlum’s semiconductor laser platform to enable industrial-level scaling of quantum technology systems using trapped ions and neutral atoms.

Scientists from CNR Nanotec in Lecce and the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw used a new generation of semiconductor photonic gratings to optically tailor complexes of quantum droplets of light that became bound together into macroscopic coherent states. The research underpins a new method to simulate and explore interactions between artificial atoms in a highly reconfigurable manner, using optics. The results have been published in the prestigious journal “Nature Physics”

A team of researchers from Munich Quantum Valley, led by Johannes Zeiher, co-founder of planqc, and Immanuel Bloch, a planqc advisor, report they made substantial progress in the continuous operation of a large-scale atom array.