Quantum computing is grabbing the spotlight with this Nobel Prize in physics. A great acknowledgement of the space as well as Yale University!
Chief Scientist & Co-Founder at Quantum Circuits, Inc. | Sterling Professor of Applied Physics and Physics at Yale University | Founding Director of the Yale Quantum Institute
Congratulations to Nobel laureates John Clarke, John Martinis, and my long-time colleague and Yale Professor Emeritus Michel Devoret on winning the Nobel Prize in Physics! Their work 40 years ago on macroscopic quantum tunneling showed that even a man-made object like a circuit has to obey the laws of quantum mechanics and was the kickoff for our amazing field of quantum computing with superconducting circuits. I am very glad to see our field and their seminal work rewarded with such fitting recognition. It would have been hard to imagine back in 1985 where we would be today. The field is even more vibrant than at any time before, and I am excited to see what the future will bring, including practical error correction, fault-tolerant quantum computers, and scientific discoveries beyond our imagination.