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Radio interview on NPO1 (Dutch)

2/15/2019

 
Tim gives his take on a recent breakthrough paper on the Dutch radio. Click here for the radio interview. In the paper, published today in Science, the authors demonstrate that single NV centers can be read out through the electrical current they generate. This provides an alternative to the traditional optical readout, with the potential for better integration is small electronics devices. Fun fact: one of the authors is Takashi, who now joined our team at QuTech. 
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Minerva prize

9/15/2017

 
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​Julia wins the NWO Minerva prize for our error correction paper. Congratulations Julia!

The prize will be given to Julia at the Veldhoven conference.
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Vidi grant

5/30/2017

 

​Our group is awarded a Vidi grant by NWO worth 800 k€ to investigate ​fault-tolerant quantum error correction with spin qubits in diamond. Such fault tolerance is essential for large-scale quantum information processing. 

​Here is a list of all the accepted proposals.
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Julia has graduated!

12/20/2016

 
Julia becomes the first PhD graduate of the group. Congratulations Julia! 

On the right: Julia, her paranymphs, and the commitee (Fedor Jelezko, Barbara Terhal, Koen Bertels, Lieven Vandersypen, Ronald Hanson and Tim Taminiau). 

Below: Julia presenting here work before the PhD defense.
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The Bell paper wins the Ehrenfest prize for Quantum Foundations

12/6/2016

 
Our loophole-free Bell test has been awarded the Ehrenfest Prize for best publication on the foundations of quantum mechanics. Below: Tim receiving the certificate from Caslav Brukner in Vienna. 
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Interview with Tim about the Big Bell test in El Periodico

11/29/2016

 
Tim shares his opinion about the upcoming "Big Bell test" in an interview with the major Spanish newspaper. Don't forget to play the Bell game today and tomorrow (30 November 2017), and see how random you can be!  

Quantum Zeno dynamics published

11/29/2016

 
Our paper on protecting logical quantum states in subspaces formed through the quantum Zeno effect is published in Nature Communications. The work explores protecting multiple logical entangled qubits from environmental noise and provides an opportunity to study the interplay between frequent quantum measurement and correlated noise such as non-Markovian noise.

See the press release and these selected news articles (Tweakers, PhysOrg) for more.   
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Kavli publication prize 2016

9/10/2016

 

​The Bell paper wins the Kavli publication prize for the best publication of the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft of the last two years. Congratulations Bas and all co-authors! 


On the right: Kavli directors Cees Dekker and Lieven Vandersypen hand over the Kavli publication prize to the present authors (left to right: Raymond Schouten, Raymond Vermeulen, Tim Taminiau, Ronald Hanson, Bas Hensen). The prize consists of 3000 Euros and a cool statue.  

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Royal attention

5/17/2016

 



​Julia's excellent paper, cool video and clear explanations on the radio were even noticed by the Dutch royal family, netting her an invitation to a pretty fancy event.

Congratulations Julia!

Oh how difficult it must be to return to doing experiments in a dark laboratory after all this.... 


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Julia with Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands

Quantum Error Correction published in Nature Communications

5/7/2016

 
Because quantum states are extremely fragile, large-scale quantum information processing is impossible without quantum error correction. In our latest publication in Nature Communications we realize active quantum error correction based on non-destructive measurements and real time feedback. This experiments marks the first time that quantum states are continuously protected by repeatedly detecting errors and actively corrected through classical logic and real time feedback, essential elements of fault-tolerant quantum computations.

​The work was covered by several media, such as the volkskrant, tweakers.net and BNR radio, and even drew the attention of the Dutch royal family! See the videos and cartoon below for a basic explanation of quantum error correction.
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Cartoon version of the experiment. (1) A logical quantum bit is encoded in three physical qubits (nuclear spins). (2) Errors are detected through non-destructive stabilizer measurements using an ancilla qubit (electron spin). (3) Errors are corrected through fast real-time feedback. Steps 2 and 3 are repeated in order to continuously protect the quantum state. Image by Wolfgang Pfaff, edited by Julia Cramer.

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​Video in English:
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