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Trapped ion quantum technology gets smaller

Portable device could find applications in quantum computing and optical clocks The post Trapped ion quantum technology gets smaller appeared first on Physics World.

Researchers Trap a Single Atom on a Photonic Chip, Opening a Route to Integrated Quantum Optics

Insider Brief: Quantum technologies often advance through small acts of control, such as holding an object still, placing it in the right field, or making it interact with light in...

IonQ Details “Walking Cat” Blueprint for Fault-Tolerant Trapped-Ion Systems

In a comprehensive architectural series, IonQ has detailed the "Walking Cat" blueprint, a complete engineering specification for a fault-tolerant quantum computer (FTQC) utilizing ...

Architectural Blueprints for Fault-Tolerant Trapped-Ion and Neutral-Atom Systems

Recent research has introduced two distinct architectural blueprints for fault-tolerant quantum computing (FTQC) utilizing Quantum Low-Density Parity-Check (QLDPC) codes. A team fr...

IonQ Researchers Say ‘Walking Cat’ Blueprint Could Lead to Machines That Run Millions of Gates on Thousands of Qubits

Insider Brief A team of researchers at IonQ has published a technical blueprint for a fault-tolerant quantum computer built on trapped ions, describing an architecture they contend...

IonQ Opens New Quantum R&D Hub to Advance Semiconductor Ion Trap Chips

IonQ has opened a new quantum computing research and development facility in Boulder, Colorado, expanding the company’s semiconductor and trapped-ion quantum research footprint as...

A Quantum Simulator with Circular States

Author(s): Sophia ChenUsing atoms in two different highly excited states enables quantum bits that are both long-lived and manipulable.[Physics 19, s63] Published Wed May 20, 2026

Polyatomic Molecules Get Two Steps Closer to Quantum Horizon

Author(s): Christopher J. Ho and Chi ZhangResearchers have improved trapping of polyatomic molecules while also controlling their collisions—two important advances for ultracold po...

Collisional quantum gates created using fermionic atoms

Architectures could support quantum-chemistry simulations The post Collisional quantum gates created using fermionic atoms appeared first on Physics World.

eleQtron Secures €57 Million ($61.5M USD) Series A to Scale MAGIC Trapped-Ion Platform

eleQtron, a developer of trapped-ion quantum computers based in Siegen and Hamburg, has closed a €57 million ($61.5M USD) Series A funding round. The investment is led by Schwarz...

IonQ Demonstrates Networked Quantum Systems

IonQ has achieved photonic interconnection between two independent trapped-ion quantum systems, marking the first demonstration of connected quantum computers among remote quantum...

Horizon Quantum To Acquire IonQ 256-Qubit Trapped-Ion System

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd. (“Horizon Quantum”), a pioneer of software infrastructure for quantum applications and IonQ — the world’s leading quantu...

Physicists Squeeze Light in a Way That Has Never Been Done Before

Inside a radio-frequency trap at Oxford’s Clarendon Laboratory, a single strontium ion hangs in a vacuum, cooled to near stillness, vibrating with an energy so close to nothing tha...

Quantum Art Extends Series A to $140M to Scale Trapped-Ion Architecture

Quantum Art, an Israeli-based developer of full-stack trapped-ion quantum computers, has extended its Series A financing to $140 million. Led by Bedford Ridge Capital, the extensio...

Horizon Quantum to Acquire IonQ 256-Qubit Trapped-Ion System for Multi-Modal Testbed

Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq: HQ) and IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) have announced a strategic agreement for the purchase of a 6th-generation, chip-based 256-qubit trapped-ion system....

Oxford Team Achieves First-ever ‘Quadsqueezing’ Quantum Interaction

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated a new type of quantum interaction using a single trapped ion. By creating and controlling in...

As Quantum Debates Rages On, IonQ Is Moving From The Lab To Commerce

SDT and IonQ Partner to Bring Trapped-Ion Quantum Power to the QuREKA Platform

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — SDT, a global quantum design and manufacturing company and developer of the hybrid quantum cloud platform QuREKA, today announced an agreement with Io...

Trapping molecules turns carbon nanotubes into three-state transistors

Confined molecules inside carbon nanotubes polarize under gate voltage, creating transistors with three stable logic states from a single material system.

Germany-based eleQtron, which develops trapped-ion quantum computing processors using proprietary tech, raised a €57M Se...

Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu: Germany-based eleQtron, which develops trapped-ion quantum computing processors using proprietary tech, raised a €57M Series A led by Schwarz Digits ...

This chain of atoms can detect electric fields with stunning precision

A new quantum sensing approach could dramatically improve how scientists measure low-frequency electric fields, a task that has long been limited by bulky setups and blurry resolut...

IonQ Selected for DARPA HARQ Program and Demonstrates First Remote Photonic Interconnect

IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) has secured a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as part of the Heterogeneous Architectures for Quantum (HARQ) program. This init...

New Material Joins Moiré Family

Author(s): Ryan WilkinsonMoiré systems incorporating lead iodide can host exotic quantum states and enable near-lossless electrical transport.[Physics 19, s44] Published Wed Apr 15...

Atomic Clocks Can Now Tick Faster and Slower at the Same Time

At the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Colorado, a single aluminum ion hangs suspended in a trap, cooled to fractions of a degree above absolute zero. It is, in p...