Phys.org  May 4, 2022 A team of researchers in the US (Argonne National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, research organization, MIT, University of Chicago, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Washington University) trapped an electron on an ultrapure solid neon surface in a vacuum. After building their platform, the team performed real-time qubit operations using microwave photons on a trapped electron and characterized its quantum properties. These tests demonstrated that solid neon provided a robust environment for the electron with very low electric noise to disturb it. By using a chip-scale superconducting resonator the team was able to […]