Quantum technology

The laws of quantum promise a new level of computing power, incredible sensors and unhackable communications—all under exploration at the University of Chicago, Argonne and Fermi national laboratories.

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One year in, Q-NEXT quantum research center is going strong

Fast-track control accelerates switching of quantum bits

Fast-track control accelerates switching of quantum bits

Exceptionally robust quantum states found in industrially important semiconductor

Exceptionally robust quantum states found in industrially important semiconductor

UChicago physicists first to see behavior of quantum materials in curved space Three side-by-side images of atoms

UChicago physicists first to see behavior of quantum materials in curved space

Aluminum nitride may be engineered to advance quantum computing

Aluminum nitride may be engineered to advance quantum computing

Will Quantum Encryption Arrive Before Quantum Computers Break All Our Passwords?

Will Quantum Encryption Arrive Before Quantum Computers Break All Our Passwords?

Prof. David Awschalom examines decryption strengths of quantum computing


Moving electrons around loops with light: A quantum device based on geometry

Moving electrons around loops with light: A quantum device based on geometry

Macroscopic quantum entanglement achieved at room temperature

Macroscopic quantum entanglement achieved at room temperature

Team led by Prof. David Awschalom achieves first room-temperature quantum entanglement, a development to be used in quantum computing


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Physicists Can Now Achieve Quantum Entanglement at Room Temperature

Physicists Can Now Achieve Quantum Entanglement at Room Temperature

Team led by Prof. David Awschalom achieves first room temperature quantum entanglement, a development to be used in quantum computing


Strange quantum phenomenon achieved at room temperature in semiconductor wafers

Strange quantum phenomenon achieved at room temperature in semiconductor wafers

Relativity versus quantum mechanics: the battle for the universe

Relativity versus quantum mechanics: the battle for the universe

Prof. Craig Hogan discusses his research on the quantum structure of space