Physicists Use Sound Waves to Keep Quantum Information from Slipping Away

Aug 26, 2026 - 12:00
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Physicists Use Sound Waves to Keep Quantum Information from Slipping Away
Cornell et al. demonstrate all-mechanical coherence protection of a silicon-vacancy spin in diamond. Image credit: Cornell et al., doi: 10.1038/s41567-026-03369-2.

A team of physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has found that a steady stream of sound waves can shield a fragile quantum bit from its own noisy surroundings, nearly tripling how long it holds information.

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