Guest Post by by Jim McMahon
Cryogenic characterization is a must to accelerate and enable breakthrough science and quantum technologies. Quantum sensors, quantum communication devices and future quantum computers will rely on scalable and efficient cooling for their operation.
Quantum computers rely on qubits, which can exist in multiple states simultaneously. These quantum states are extremely fragile and susceptible to disruption from environmental noise, especially thermal energy. Many quantum computing approaches, especially those utilizing superconducting qubits, rely on superconductivity, which occurs at extremely low temperatures. Cryogenic temperatures, near absolute zero, minimize thermal fluctuations, allowing qubits to maintain their coherence for longer, enabling complex quantum computations.
