The Quantum Bit in the Time of COVID-19. Experiment at the Department of Physics

For the first time in Italy, the properties of a superconducting quantum bit (qubit) have been measured and manipulated using appropriate microwave signals. The experiment took place at the Department of Physics E. Pancini of the University of Naples Federico II, in collaboration with the SeeQc-Eu (Superconducting energy efficient Quantum Computing) industry. The result, the fruit of various experiments, prepared in recent months and carried out in part during the health emergency due to COVID-19, with measurements carried out remotely without violating the “Stay at home” order, is also a small contribution in these terrible days to look to the future with an eye of greater hope and mature awareness of the fact that knowledge and science are always in motion and always ready to offer lasting answers and solutions to the history and evolution of man.

The teams involved for Unina: Davide Massarotti, Halima Ahmad, Alessandro Miano, Luigi Di Palma, Roberta Caruso, Domenico Montemurro, Giovanni Piero Pepe, Francesco Tafuri SeeQc Team: Marco Arzeo, Katie Porsch, Caleb Jordan, Matt Hutchings, Oleg Mukhanov Chalmers Team: Andreas Bengtsson, Jonas Bylander