"Quantum Refrigerator" Efficiently Resets Qubits, Minimizing Computational Errors
2025-01-14

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have jointly unveiled a groundbreaking new "quantum refrigerator." This innovative device effectively resets qubits while maintaining a low-temperature environment, leveraging the heat flow between components as its energy source. The findings, published in the esteemed journal Nature Physics, pave the way for the development of dependable quantum computers. By cooling qubits to an impressive 22 millikelvin, this "quantum refrigerator" significantly minimizes initial computational errors, thereby enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of quantum computing.