PRODUCING SUPERCONDUCTORS FOR QUANTUM CIRCUIT ELEMENTS AT HIGH TEMPERATURES

LUCAS HEIGHTS, NSW, June 3 -- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization issued the following media release:

Key Points

* A promising class of superconductors that may potentially avoid the need for high levels of cryogenic cooling for quantum computers has been identified

* The vanadium silicide material was developed at the University of Melbourne

* ANSTO instrument scientists performed low temperature cryogenic measurements on the Spatz reflectometer to detect superconducting properties

A project led by the University of Melbourne's Dr Manjith Bose and Professor Jeff McCallum, who are also members of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, has identified a promising class of ...