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The Australian company says it has successfully performed its first measurement on a single qubit component.<\/strong><\/p>\n Archer staff operating the specialised conduction atomic force microscopy instrumentation required to perform the measurements. <\/em><\/p>\n Image: Archer Materials<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Archer Materials has announced a milestone in its race to build a room-temperature quantum computing quantum bit (qubit) processor, revealing it has successfully performed its first measurement on a single qubit component.<\/p>\n “We have successfully performed our first measurement on a single qubit component, which is the most important component, marking a significant period moving forward in the development of Archer’s 12CQ quantum computing chip technology,” CEO Dr Mohammad Choucair said.<\/p>\n “Building and operating the 12CQ chip requires measurements to be successfully performed at the very limits of what can be achieved technologically in the world today.”<\/p>\n Choucair said directly proving room-temperature conductivity of the 12CQ chip qubit component advances Archer’s development towards a working chip prototype.<\/p>\n Archer said conductivity measurements on single qubit components were carried out using conductive atomic force microscopy that was configured using “state-of-the-art instrumentation systems”, housed in a semiconductor prototype foundry cleanroom.<\/p>\n “The measurements directly and unambiguously proved, with nanometre-scale precision, the conductivity of single qubits at room-temperature in ambient environmental conditions (e.g. in the presence of air, moisture, and at normal atmospheric pressures,” Archer said in a statement.<\/p>\n It said the measurements progress its technological development towards controlling quantum information that reside on individual qubits, which is a key componentry requirement for a working quantum computing qubit processor.<\/p>\n Another key component is readout.<\/p>\n “Control must be performed prior to readout, as these subsequent steps represent a logical series in the 12CQ quantum computing chip function,” Archer wrote.<\/p>\n In announcing last week it was progressing work on its graphene-based biosensor technology, Archer said it was focusing on establishing commercial partnerships<\/a> to bring its work out of the lab and convert it into viable products.<\/p>\n Archer on Monday said it intends to develop the 12CQ chip to be sold directly and have the intellectual property rights to the chip technology licensed.<\/p>\n “The technological significance of the work is inherently tied to the commercial viability of the 12CQ technology. The room-temperature conductivity potentially enables direct access to the quantum information stored in the qubits by means of electrical current signals on-board portable devices, which require conducting materials to operate, for both control and readout,” Choucair added.<\/p>\n He said the intrinsic materials feature of conductivity in Archer’s qubit material down to the single qubit level represents a “significant commercial advantage” over competing qubit proposals that rely on insulating materials, such as diamond-based materials or photonic qubit architectures.<\/p>\n Tags:<\/b> Aimee<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"archer-materials.png\"](\"https:\/\/zdnet4.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2020\/06\/15\/2708cfdd-549f-42c4-88ba-abbd0bd7a414\/archer-materials.png\")
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The Australian company says it has successfully performed its first measurement on a single qubit component. Archer staff operating the specialised conduction atomic force microscopy instrumentation required to perform the measurements. Image: Archer Materials Archer Materials has announced a milestone in its race to build a room-temperature quantum computing quantum bit (qubit) processor, revealing it … Continue reading Archer touts performing early-stage validation of quantum computing chip<\/span><\/a> Continue Reading