A Modular Quantum Network Architecture for Integrating Network Scheduling with Local Program Execution

Kavli Affiliate: Stephanie Wehner | First 5 Authors: Thomas R. Beauchamp, Hana Jirovská, Scarlett Gauthier, Stephanie Wehner, | Summary: We propose an architecture for scheduling network operations enabling the end-to-end generation of entanglement according to user demand. The main challenge solved by this architecture is to allow for the integration of a network schedule with […]


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Unified evolutionary optimization for high-fidelity spin qubit operations

Kavli Affiliate: Giordano Scappucci | First 5 Authors: Sam R. Katiraee-Far, Yuta Matsumoto, Brennan Undseth, Maxim De Smet, Valentina Gualtieri | Summary: Developing optimal strategies to calibrate quantum processors for high-fidelity operation is one of the outstanding challenges in quantum computing today. Here, we demonstrate multiple examples of high-fidelity operations achieved using a unified global […]


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Deconfined quantum criticality in a frustrated Haldane chain with single-ion anisotropy

Kavli Affiliate: Natalia Chepiga | First 5 Authors: Niels T. Pronk, Bowy M. La Rivière, Natalia Chepiga, , | Summary: We report a phase diagram of the antiferromagnetic spin-1 chain with nearest-neighbor Heisenberg and three-site interactions in the presence of single-ion anisotropy. We show that the Gaussian and Ising transitions that separate the topological Haldane […]


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Step-by-step design guide of a cryogenic three-axis vector magnet

Kavli Affiliate: Simon Groblacher | First 5 Authors: Gaia Da Prato, Yong Yu, Ronald Bode, Simon Gröblacher, | Summary: A tunable magnetic field at low temperatures is essential for numerous applications, including spintronics, magnetic resonance imaging, and condensed matter physics. While commercial superconducting vector magnets are available, they are complex, expensive, and often not adaptable […]


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Curvature-Controlled Polarization in Adaptive Ferroelectric Membranes

Kavli Affiliate: Andrea D. Caviglia | First 5 Authors: Greta Segantini, Ludovica Tovaglieri, Chang Jae Roh, Chih-Ying Hsu, Seongwoo Cho | Summary: In this study, we explore the ferroelectric domain structure and mechanical properties of PbTiO$_3$-based membranes, which develops a well-ordered and crystallographic-oriented ripple pattern upon release from their growth substrate. The ferrolectric domain structure […]


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Entanglement buffering with multiple quantum memories

Kavli Affiliate: Stephanie Wehner | First 5 Authors: Álvaro G. Iñesta, Bethany Davies, Sounak Kar, Stephanie Wehner, | Summary: Entanglement buffers are systems that maintain high-quality entanglement, ensuring it is readily available for consumption when needed. In this work, we study the performance of a two-node buffer, where each node has one long-lived quantum memory […]


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Does 3D Gaussian Splatting Need Accurate Volumetric Rendering?

Kavli Affiliate: Michael Wimmer | First 5 Authors: Adam Celarek, George Kopanas, George Drettakis, Michael Wimmer, Bernhard Kerbl | Summary: Since its introduction, 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has become an important reference method for learning 3D representations of a captured scene, allowing real-time novel-view synthesis with high visual quality and fast training times. Neural Radiance […]


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Qoala: an Application Execution Environment for Quantum Internet Nodes

Kavli Affiliate: Stephanie Wehner | First 5 Authors: Bart van der Vecht, Atak Talay Yücel, Hana Jirovská, Stephanie Wehner, | Summary: Recently, a first-of-its-kind operating system for programmable quantum network nodes was developed, called QNodeOS. Here, we present an extension of QNodeOS called Qoala, which introduces (1) a unified program format for hybrid interactive classical-quantum […]


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Imaging current flow and injection in scalable graphene devices through NV-magnetometry

Kavli Affiliate: Toeno Van Der Sar | First 5 Authors: Kaj Dockx, Michele Buscema, Saravana Kumar, Tijmen van Ree, Abbas Mohtashami | Summary: The global electronic properties of solid-state devices are strongly affected by the microscopic spatial paths of charge carriers. Visualising these paths in novel devices produced by scalable processes would provide a quality […]


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Imaging orbital Rashba induced charge transport anisotropy

Kavli Affiliate: Andrea D. Caviglia | First 5 Authors: Eylon Persky, Xi Wang, Giacomo Sala, Thierry C. van Thiel, Edouard Lesne | Summary: Identifying orbital textures and their effects on the electronic properties of quantum materials is a critical element in developing orbitronic devices. However, orbital effects are often entangled with the spin degree of […]


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