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Scientists from Delft University of Technology and the FOM Foundation have successfully allowed electrons to jump between quantum dots located far from each other. The electron jumped between the ends of a chain of three small semiconducting islands (so-called quantum dots) without crossing the island in the middle.

For more information, navigate to http://dicarlolab.tudelft.nl/entangling-quantum-circuits-by-measurement/ 

Entangled states are a key resource in fundamental quantum physics, quantum cryp-tography, and quantum computation [1].To date, controlled unitary interactions applied to a quantum system, so-called "quantum gates", have been the most widely used method to deterministically create entanglement [2].

The Conference "Majorana Physics in Condensed Matter" will be held at the EMFCSC from July 12 to 18, 2013 as an event of the International School of Solid State Physics.

A tentative list of topics that will be discussed during the event include:

The present paper describes the experimental implementation of a measuring technique employing a slowly moving, near-resonant, optical standing wave in the context of trapped ions. It is used to measure several figures of merit that are important for quantum computation in ion traps and which are otherwise not easily obtainable.

We consider three-level atoms driven by two resonant light fields in a ladder scheme where the upper level is a highly excited Rydberg state.

Various quantum phenomena like high-Tc superconductivity or quark confinement are still awaiting universally accepted explanations, because of the computational complexity of solving simplified theoretical models designed to capture their relevant physics. Feynman suggested solving such models by "quantum simulation" with a device designed to obey the same quantum many-body dynamics. So far, the community has mostly focused on developing the \emph{controllability} of quantum simulators.

Read the article on line at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/technology/testing-a-new-class-of-spee...

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to announce and invite you to participate in a Theo Murphy Discussion Meeting at the Royal Society's Chicheley Hall 7-8 November 2013.

** Heterotic computing: exploiting hybrid computational devices **

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together leading researchers in the fields of quantum information and quantum optics & materials science, and to educate and update the participating scientific community on the recent developments-both theoretical and experimental-in the fields of `Quantum computation and simulation', `Topological quantum codes', and `Integrated quantum systems'. The speakers will address, among others, the following questions: