The team of scientists has come a step closer to making multi-tasking 'quantum' computers, far more powerful than even today's most advanced supercomputers.
The University of Sussex and Universal Quantum team used a new technique, which they dub ‘UQ Connect’, to use electric field links to enable qubits to move from one quantum computing microchip module to another with unprecedented speed and precision.
The technique allows chips to slot together like a jigsaw puzzle to make a more powerful quantum computer.
The scientists were successful in transporting the qubits with a 99.999993 per cent success rate and a connection rate of 2424/s. Both of these numbers are world records and orders of magnitude better than previous solutions.
“It’s fantastic to see that the inspired work of the University of Sussex and Universal Quantum physicists has resulted in this phenomenal breakthrough, taking us a significant step closer to a quantum computer...