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13.10.2026 Quantum Internet

A quantum setup moves from Delft to Karlsruhe

After fourteen years of research in the Hanson Lab at QuTech, an experimental research line into open microcavities for diamond colour centres recently came to an end. Five generations of PhD researchers worked with and further developed the platform and its experimental setup. But rather than putting the equipment into storage, the team looked ...

10.09.2026 Quantum Internet

Meet the Qbead: a qubit in the palm of your hands

A qubit is the basic unit of information in a quantum computer, just as ...

09.09.2026 Quantum Internet

Diamond spin quantum computing takes a step toward optical scaling

Researchers from Fujitsu, TU Delft, and QuTech have developed a prototype for a new ...

Three researchers overlooking an optical test bed.

25.06.2026 Quantum Internet

Coherent coupling of diamond colour centre to a nanocavity

Future quantum networks will depend on reliable handshakes between two very different carriers of ...

26.02.2026 Quantum Internet

NWO Vici grant for Tim Taminiau: quantum networks that stay entangled

Tim Taminiau has been awarded a NWO Vici grant to take the next step in quantum networking: moving from occasional entanglement between devices to multi-node networks in which entanglement is continuously available. The QuTech project, titled “Sustained entanglement over ...

15.01.2026 Quantum Internet

More Photons, Faster Links: a laser-focused NV centre

A reliable quantum internet will require network nodes that can generate and share quantum information at high rates. One of the main bottlenecks today for the commonly-used diamond nitrogen-vacancy ...

Feature / banner image of the diamond quantum chip used in the research ''Universal high-fidelity quantum gates for spin qubits in diamond', by H. P. Bartling, J. Yun, K. N. Schymik, et al., published in Physical Review Applied

24.03.2025 Quantum Computing

High-precision quantum gates with diamond spin qubits

Researchers at QuTech, in collaboration with Fujitsu and Element Six, have demonstrated a complete set of quantum gates with error probabilities below 0.1%. While many challenges remain, being able ...

12.03.2025 Quantum Internet

QIA researchers create first Operating System for Quantum Networks

Delft, The Netherlands: Quantum Internet Alliance (QIA) researchers at TU Delft, QuTech, University of Innsbruck, INRIA and CNRS recently announced the creation of the first operating system designed for ...

30.10.2024 Quantum Internet

A rudimentary quantum network link between Dutch cities

An international research team led by QuTech has demonstrated a network connection between quantum processors over metropolitan distances. Their result marks a key advance from early research networks in ...

Drawing depicting a secure quantum underground network

09.04.2024 Quantum Internet

QuTech and Eurofiber run quantum cryptography on existing fiber in an open testbed

QuTech and Eurofiber, together with QuTech spin-out Q*Bird and other partners, have installed a proof-of-concept quantum communication system between locations in the Utrecht area. The testbed shows that it ...

Picture from the one of the QuTech/Fujitsu labs in Delft. Foto: Guus Schoonewille

25.01.2024 Quantum Internet

Fujitsu and Delft University of Technology establish new quantum lab

Industry-academia collaboration hub Fujitsu Advanced Computing Lab Delft at Delft University of Technology to drive development of advanced quantum computing technologies. Today, Fujitsu and Delft University of Technology announce ...

Press release banner for the Quantum Internet Application Challenge 2023, mentioning the dates submissions will be accepted: 12 September until 23 October 2023.

14.09.2023 Quantum Internet

Quantum Internet Alliance launches Quantum Internet Application Challenge

The Quantum Internet Alliance (QIA) has announced the launch of its first ever Quantum Internet Application Challenge, an initiative encouraging quantum enthusiasts to take part in shaping the future of ...