➀ DeteQt，一家传感初创公司，已从澳大利亚的Main Sequence Ventures和ATP Fund获得750,000美元的种子前融资。
➁ DeteQt是悉尼大学纳米研究所的衍生公司，其拥有一种‘钻石硅’技术，用于制造量子磁力计。
➂ 该公司的CEO，悉尼大学兼职教授Jim Rabeau，将在本周的量子澳大利亚会议上宣布这项投资。
Recent #Quantum news in the semiconductor industry
Microsoft has shared an update on its Majorana 1 quantum computer, which uses a topological qubit for speed, compactness, reliability, and controllability. The company aims to scale this technology for large qubit quantities, potentially ushering in an age of quantum computing.
Majorana 1 is named after Ettore Majorana, who theorized particles that are their own antiparticles. Microsoft's qubit focuses on harnessing this property. While not yet at a million qubit supercomputer, Majorana 1 is a significant step towards that goal.
The challenge now is the speed of scaling. If Microsoft can scale to one million qubits quickly, it could lead to practical quantum computing. Otherwise, it may be another decade before we see the promise of quantum computing realized.
➀ The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT has established the first node for the quantum internet of the future in Aachen, Germany.
➁ This node is part of a larger project aimed at developing metropolitan scale quantum networks, connecting quantum computers and sensors securely and powerfully.
➂ The project involves multiple partners including QuTech, OPNT B.V., Element6, and TOPTICA Photonics AG, and aims to solve the repeater problem to facilitate a cross-border quantum internet.
➀ The UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has developed an atomic clock using quantum technology to enhance surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. ➁ The clock, known as 'Demonstration of Advanced Timing Apparatus' (DATA), is accurate to less than one second over billions of years. ➂ It represents a significant achievement in the UK's quantum technology capabilities and may be deployable on military operations within the next five years.
➀ The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is organizing the 4th Quantum Matters in Materials Science (QMMS) workshop; ➁ The workshop focuses on quantum phenomena in emerging materials and aims to streamline efforts in experimental and computational research; ➂ Key topics include the discovery of new materials, optimization of known quantum materials, and challenges in integrating next-generation materials into integrated circuits.
➀ Archer Materials Limited has achieved key milestones in its 12CQ quantum project with the room temperature observation of 'Coulomb Blockade' and spin detection of novel carbon spin materials; ➁ A new device architecture, utilizing graphene, has been developed for electrical contact to Archer's CNS spin materials, demonstrating a clear signature of 'Coulomb Blockade'; ➂ Archer has also achieved progress in reading out the quantum coherence spin lifetime of small spin materials pieces, with a spin coherence lifetime of the film measured at 380 ns and CNS at 160 ns.
➀ Researchers at PolyU have developed a 16-qubit quantum microprocessor chip for simulating molecular spectroscopy in complex molecules, a first globally. ➁ This chip is part of a comprehensive system including optical-electrical-thermal packaging and fully programmable control. ➂ The development opens new possibilities for applications in quantum chemistry, molecular docking, and quantum machine learning techniques.