A group of scientists led by 2018 Australian of the Year Professor Michelle Simmons have achieved their first two-qubit gate – a major milestone on the team’s quest to build a quantum computer.
The team of physicists at UNSW Sydney led by 2018 Australian of the Year Professor Michelle Simmons have built a super-fast version of the central building block of a quantum computer. The research is a milestone result of a vision first outlined by scientists 20 years ago.