Science Daily July 2, 2018
Transmon qubit is currently one of the leading candidates for a building block of large-scale quantum computers. An international team of researchers (Finland, Switzerland, Russia) has constructed an artificial atom with an intrinsic magnetic moment that is around 100’000 times larger than that of natural atoms or ions. The coupling of large moment to an external magnetic field makes it possible to accurately measure the strength of the field. The combination of harnessing quantum hardware and quantum algorithms in the context of quantum sensing provides an appealing route towards novel devices that, ultimately, promise to push the sensitivity of single- or few-qubit magnetometers towards and beyond the limits of current magnetic-field sensors… read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLEÂ
Probability distributions narrow down in consecutive steps of the algorithms. Credit: Sergey Danilin and Sorin Paraoanu, Aalto University, with data from the paper doi: 10.1038/s41534-018-0078-y