D.G. Suárez-Forero, M. Jalali Mehrabad, C. Vega, A. González-Tudela, and M. Hafezi
PRX Quantum 6, 020101 (2025) – Published 18 April, 2025
Bold and visionary articles that spark new ideas, engage researchers across the quantum community, and inspire fresh thinking about the future of quantum science and technology.
The rapidly evolving field of chiral quantum optics is explored, showing developments and future opportunities in engineering asymmetric light-matter interactions for probing exotic quantum many-body effects.
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics, this personal journey highlights key fundamental and applied discoveries of the past century, with a special focus on the transformative role of lasers.
An architecture based on photonic links is proposed to solve major challenges in scaling up neutral-atom quantum computing platforms.
The state of the art on engineering topological superconductivity for the generation of Majorana bound states and applications on quantum technologies is discussed.
Exploring the challenges and opportunities of current and future small-satellite-based quantum key distribution is key to progress toward wider quantum networking capabilities.
As quantum computing transitions into the fault-tolerant regime, understanding how best to utilize available architectures becomes paramount.
An architecture that combines quantum networks and quantum processors into the same core entanglement distribution technology is introduced and discussed in the context of silicon color centers.
Exploring cutting-edge advances of integrated photonics, recent breakthroughs and challenges are highlighted, showing a roadmap for developments in quantum communication and metrology technologies.
In the quest for solving the dark-matter puzzle, quantum engineering strategies for improving detection sensitivity are discussed.
Recent progress and future possibilities for EPR steering are presented, highlighting practical applications and experimental aspects in multipartite, high-dimensional, and atomic and macroscopic systems.
Possible research directions that can enhance our understanding and use of quantum machine learning are debated.
Solving energetic problems is one the biggest challenges of our times: How can we harness quantum to smartly deal with them?
A list of open theoretical problems, which solutions could lead to breakthrough developments in quantum information, is thoughtfully suggested.
Classically ubiquitous and promising in the quantum realm: The prospects and challenges for implementing LDPC error correcting codes are presented.
A path to bridge the gap between ab initio materials calculations and the model Hamiltonians used to discover and develop scalable quantum systems is presented.
The latest progress and challenges on engineering superconducting qubits to achieve noise-protection at the hardware-level is presented.
A dive on the GKP code: Going from the visionary work that showed how to realize error correction based on continuous variables to the technological advances that allow extracting its power.
A back-of-the-envelope analysis shows the conditions for current quantum error-correcting codes and architectures to outperform classical computers.
Three proposals to implement quantum verification in the near-term are outlined, bringing together knowledge from experimentalists, theorists, and computer scientists.
Perspective: A unified view reveals connections between quantum optimal control and variational quantum algorithms, bringing forward ways of advancing both fields.
A discussion on how silicon carbide photonics can enable the quantum technologies of the future is presented.
Inaugural Perspective describing how curiosity-driven research led to radically new quantum technologies and why continued inquiry is required for further progress.
