Russian Scientists Develop New Quantum Memory Device
Efficiency surpasses previously reported global results
Russian scientists have reported a new advance in quantum technology. Researchers at the Quantum Park of Bauman Moscow State Technical University and the Dukhov All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics (VNIIA) have developed a controllable quantum memory device capable of preserving the shape of an incoming microwave pulse and retrieving it on demand, the university’s press service said. According to the researchers, the device achieves an efficiency of 57 percent, significantly exceeding previously published global results. The university notes that the technology could become an important component of future quantum sensors.
A Global Milestone
Quantum memory could support the development of quantum error-correction algorithms, enable distributed quantum systems, and help create next-generation sensors with unprecedented precision.
According to Ilya Rodionov, head of the Quantum Park cluster at Bauman Moscow State Technical University and VNIIA, losses during the transmission and storage of microwave photons had long remained a barrier that researchers could not overcome.
