Electron pairing in quantum dots as new approach to qubit research

Photo: QuTech - Publication in Nature demonstrates promising method towards building the foundation for a future quantum computer. Scientists from QuTech and Eindhoven University of Technology have taken a next step in qubit research. Qubits are one of the building blocks of a future quantum computer. The researchers - including Sasa Gazibegovic, Ghada Badawy and Erik Bakkers from TU/e - have published their results in Nature on 23 November 2022. A conventional computer performs operations using bits, which can be either zero or one. A quantum computer, on the other hand, uses quantum bits or -qubits-. Qubits can be photons, or electrons, or any system that can exist in so-called quantum states.