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March 11, 2025 | Purdue University

Manfra appointed to lead Purdue’s quantum institute

Quantum computing expert Michael Manfra has been named director of the Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute (PQSEI), effective March 1.

February 25, 2025 | Purdue University News

New Microsoft Quantum qubit platform uses materials developed at Purdue

Microsoft Quantum published an article in Nature on Feb. 19 detailing recent advances in the measurement of quantum devices that will be needed to realize a topological quantum computer. Among the authors are Microsoft scientists and engineers who conduct research at Microsoft Quantum Lab West Lafayette.

December 6, 2024 | Purdue Engineering

Taming the interplay of light and matter to build a ‘playground’ for novel physics

Researchers have created a single platform that supports vastly different behaviors for electrons. That enhanced tunability creates more options for a wide variety of devices. You can even have multiple functionalities in the same device; in principle, for example, you could combine a material that is a conductor in one state and an insulator in another state.

October 21, 2024 | Purdue University News

Purdue researchers create orientation-independent magnetic field-sensing nanotube spin qubits

A team lead by Tongcan Li has developed patent-pending one-dimensional boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) containing spin qubits, or spin defects. The BNNTs are more sensitive in detecting off-axis magnetic fields at high resolution than traditional diamond tips used in scanning probe magnetic-field microscopes.

October 7, 2024 | Purdue University

Purdue quantum photonics center established with $13.9 million in DOE funding

Purdue University has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to lead the Quantum Photonics Integrated Design Center (QuPIDC) Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) which will lead the push toward the frontiers of quantum photonics research.

September 16, 2024 | Purdue News

Leaders in chips, quantum and bioscience demonstrate Indiana-Illinois corridor technology advancement and innovation at Purdue-hosted conference

Leaders from industry, government, academia and national laboratories met at Purdue and discussed how the regional collaboration among Purdue, Argonne and the University of Illinois is building an unrivaled strategic innovation ecosystem.

September 16, 2024 | Gizmodo.com

These levitating nanodiamonds are the world’s smallest disco balls

Ultra-small levitating diamonds could help illuminate the relationship between quantum mechanics and gravity.

August 22, 2024 | Purdue News

PhD student who dreamed of being an inventor and builder is now making strides in world of quantum photonics

Achievements, honors for electrical engineer Samuel Peana now will include a 3-year Truman Fellowship at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico.

July 29, 2024 | phys.org

Researchers trap atoms, force them to serve as photonic transistors

Researchers at Purdue University have trapped alkali atoms (cesium) on an integrated photonic circuit, which behaves like a transistor for photons (the smallest energy unit of light) similar to electronic transistors.

July 23, 2024 | Purdue News

Purdue partners with national education organization to introduce Indiana students to careers in quantum science

As classical computing emerged and developed over the past 70 years, it created an ever-changing landscape of new careers and technologies. It also created a challenge for educators and employers: how to prepare students for jobs and opportunities that don’t yet exist.