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Time of India
3 days ago
- Science
- Time of India
Quantum innovations to power LIGO-India's discoveries
1 2 Pune: A series of lectures and a panel discussion on 'Quantum Advantage for the Most Sensitive Instrument in the World', organised at IUCAA on Tuesday discussed how quantum technologies enhance gravitational wave detectors like LIGO, challenges in improving their sensitivity, quantum mechanics and gravity intersect, and if LIGO India and National Quantum Mission should join hands. LIGO India had organised the event commemorating the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology marking 100 years since the development of quantum mechanics. Sendhil Raja from Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology in Indore, said, "Beyond gravitational wave detection, the instrumentation being developed for LIGO can contribute to fundamental physics experiments at the intersection of quantum mechanics and gravity." You Can Also Check: Pune AQI | Weather in Pune | Bank Holidays in Pune | Public Holidays in Pune Sharing that LIGO detectors are among the first major applications of quantum enhancements in measurement, scientists spoke about the need for quantum-level understanding and modelling of coatings to design better materials so that noise is reduced, resulting in better detections. "Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave (LIGO) detectors are among the most precise instruments, and quantum enhancements play an inevitable role in the sensitivity of the instrument. Further, detection of elusive gravitational waves requires making measurements beyond the standard quantum limit. This has led to innovative solutions such as quantum squeezing, quantum sensors, quantum filters, and quantum cavity optomechanics," the official release said. Besides Sendhil Raja, Anil Shaji from IISER Thiruvananthapuram, Anindita Banerjee from CDAC, and Deepak Pandey from IUCAA were in the panel discussion. 30% Work Done On Optical Atomic Clock Subhadeep De, head of precision & quantum measurement laboratory in IUCAA, said that 30 per cent work on India's first optical atomic clock is done. They have also developed a laboratory-scale optical fibre-based distributed acoustic sensing that can perform uninterrupted long-term monitoring of the seismic and acoustic signals. "Besides early warning of calamities, structural health monitoring of cracks in flyovers, bridges, and other buildings, it can also help in satellite-free surveillance by underground and underwater seismic/acoustic wave monitoring, and satellite-free navigation, as the signals can be jammed," De said.


Time of India
31-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Karnataka announces Rs 1,000 crore Quantum Mission, VC fund for startups
The Karnataka government on Wednesday launched a Rs 1,000 crore Quantum Mission with a vision to build a $20 billion quantum economy by 2035. Chief minister Siddaramaiah said a Quantum Technology Task Force will guide policy, while dedicated quantum parks, manufacturing zones, and Q-City will foster innovation in the state will also launch a Quantum Venture Capital Fund to back over 100 startups and help generate 100 patents to create two lakh jobs in the said with a vision to be the 'Quantum Capital of Asia,' Karnataka's roadmap is built on the five pillars of talent development, research and development (R&D) pilots, infrastructure, industry support, and global partnerships. He was speaking during the two-day Quantum India Bengaluru 2025 summit, co-organised by the Department of Science & Technology and its Quantum roadmap, Karnataka also announced the establishment of India's first Quantum Hardware Park, four innovation zones, and a dedicated fabrication facility to boost domestic manufacturing of quantum components.'By 2035, we aim to create 10,000 high-skilled jobs and establish Karnataka as the Quantum Capital of Asia,' the CM emphasised. To foster a holistic ecosystem, the state government will also introduce quantum skilling programmes in 20 colleges and 150 PhD state government aims to develop 1,000-qubit quantum processors and pilot applications in healthcare, cybersecurity, and defence, with active applications in governance. The state's science and technology minister, NS Boseraju, said a quantum chip fabrication capability will be operational by the initiative comes at a time when 2025 is being observed globally as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. CM Siddarmaiah stressed that quantum tech will not only drive economic growth but also improve governance, secure communication, smarter agriculture, and early disease added that the state government has already demonstrated its commitment to this technology by establishing a Quantum Research Park at IISc, Bengaluru. This facility has supported over 55 R&D projects and 13 startups while training more than 1,000 quantum experts annually. "To sustain this momentum, our government has sanctioned an additional grant of Rs 48 crore," he added.


Economic Times
31-07-2025
- Business
- Economic Times
Karnataka announces Rs 1,000 crore Quantum Mission, VC fund for startups
Agencies The Karnataka government on Wednesday launched a Rs 1,000 crore Quantum Mission with a vision to build a $20 billion quantum economy by 2035. Chief minister Siddaramaiah said a Quantum Technology Task Force will guide policy, while dedicated quantum parks, manufacturing zones, and Q-City will foster innovation in the state. The state will also launch a Quantum Venture Capital Fund to back over 100 startups and help generate 100 patents to create two lakh jobs in the sector. Siddarmaiah said with a vision to be the 'Quantum Capital of Asia,' Karnataka's roadmap is built on the five pillars of talent development, research and development (R&D) pilots, infrastructure, industry support, and global partnerships. He was speaking during the two-day Quantum India Bengaluru 2025 summit, co-organised by the Department of Science & Technology and IISc. In its Quantum roadmap, Karnataka also announced the establishment of India's first Quantum Hardware Park, four innovation zones, and a dedicated fabrication facility to boost domestic manufacturing of quantum components.'By 2035, we aim to create 10,000 high-skilled jobs and establish Karnataka as the Quantum Capital of Asia,' the CM emphasised. To foster a holistic ecosystem, the state government will also introduce quantum skilling programmes in 20 colleges and 150 PhD state government aims to develop 1,000-qubit quantum processors and pilot applications in healthcare, cybersecurity, and defence, with active applications in governance. The state's science and technology minister, NS Boseraju, said a quantum chip fabrication capability will be operational by the initiative comes at a time when 2025 is being observed globally as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. CM Siddarmaiah stressed that quantum tech will not only drive economic growth but also improve governance, secure communication, smarter agriculture, and early disease added that the state government has already demonstrated its commitment to this technology by establishing a Quantum Research Park at IISc, Bengaluru. This facility has supported over 55 R&D projects and 13 startups while training more than 1,000 quantum experts annually. "To sustain this momentum, our government has sanctioned an additional grant of Rs 48 crore," he added. Elevate your knowledge and leadership skills at a cost cheaper than your daily tea. US tariff hike to hit Indian exports, may push RBI towards rate cuts Zomato delivered, but did the other listed unicorns? Tata Motors' INR38k crore Iveco buy: Factors that can make investors nervous Trump tariffs: End of road or a new journey ending Russia reliance? As rates slide, who will grab the savings pie? MFs, insurers? Is it time for Tim Cook to bid bye to Apple? Regulators promote exchanges; can they stifle one? Watch IEX Stock Radar: Down over 20% from highs! Varun Beverages stock showing signs of trend reversal – time to buy?


New Indian Express
31-07-2025
- Science
- New Indian Express
Nobel laureates praise Karnataka's efforts to become quantum leader
BENGALURU: Karnataka's efforts to become a leader in quantum technology received praise from Nobel laureates during a high-level meeting with state officials on Wednesday. The interaction was held ahead of the Quantum India Bengaluru Summit, scheduled for July 31 and August 1. Physicists and Nobel Prize winners Prof Duncan Haldane and Prof David Gross met Science and Technology Minister NS Boseraju, along with senior officials from various departments, including IT/BT, Higher Education and Science and Technology. The Nobel laureates said quantum technology has the potential to revolutionise multiple sectors in the future and opens up possibilities for students and researchers. They also welcomed the state's decision to organise the country's first summit in Bengaluru and said such initiatives would help position India on the global quantum map. They highlighted that the United Nations has declared 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, making Karnataka's push timely. Minister Boseraju said the state government is taking steps to make Karnataka a global hub for quantum innovation. 'We have taken the initiative to develop the necessary framework to make Karnataka the quantum capital. A roadmap has already been prepared,' he said.


Forbes
17-07-2025
- Business
- Forbes
How Quantum Computing Architecture Can Scale
Dr. Paul Terry is the CEO of Photonic . He is a seasoned entrepreneur, engineer and angel investor specializing in disruptive technologies. getty The quantum computing debate has moved from if there will be quantum computers to when and, more recently, how . With this shift, the discussion around quantum computers has become more sophisticated, including metrics around manufacturability, reliability, cost and implementation at scale. These are important factors to address in developing quantum computers that will be able to solve commercially useful problems beyond the reach of classical systems. While quantum physics may sound like futuristic science fiction to some, its principles have long been well understood. In fact, the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology recognizes 100 years since the initial development of quantum mechanics, and much has been accomplished over the last century. Quantum science underlies a variety of real-world applications that have been in use for decades. It enables smaller and smaller transistors in cellphones, helps produce high-resolution images from MRI machines and provides focused beams of light in lasers used in everything from CD players to medical treatments. Quantum computing leverages quantum mechanics principles that are well understood but have not been largely commercialized. There are currently an estimated 1,000 quantum computing systems deployed around the world, although the majority are still closer to prototypes than scalable commercial products. They do, however, prove that quantum computing is not a future concept—it exists today, albeit on a small scale and with much work to be done to increase the error correction capabilities to improve reliability. Still, I believe we are on a path toward larger, more powerful and more reliable quantum systems that will unlock commercial value capable of transforming industries. Based on my own experience in high-performance and quantum computing, here is a closer look at why leaders in the industry evaluating different quantum computing approaches should factor in modularity. Modularity matters. The focus for many quantum architectures has been on "scaling up": increasing the capability of a single isolated machine by increasing the density and performance of the components of a single module. However, scaling out —by networking individual modules together—also matters in quantum computing. Many leaders I've talked with in the quantum computing industry are adopting the view that in order to deliver the scale needed for commercial value, quantum systems need to take a page from classical computing and architect quantum systems as modular, or distributed, quantum computers. In 2024, leading industry analyst firm GQI agreed, stating, 'for almost all of today's proposed quantum computing architectures, a modular approach to scaling will also ultimately be required. This will likely entail a distributed rather than a monolithic quantum computing stack." Networking individual quantum systems can open the door to an ever-increasing number of available quantum bits (a.k.a. qubits), as there is no upper limit determined by the capacity of a single unit. This presents a promising path for delivering systems with the large numbers of logical qubits necessary to solve today's intractable problems. Be aware of the challenges. While modularity may seem like a straightforward solution to scale, due to the way computation happens in quantum systems, it's not so simple. In quantum computing, information can't be copied, sent or stored as it can in classical computing or telecom environments. For qubits to communicate, they must be able to connect and combine shared information. To move information between qubits, quantum computers rely on a key quantum phenomenon: entanglement. Entanglement effectively acts as a temporary 'glue' to connect computational resources into the system when and where they are needed. Delivering modular, or distributed, quantum computing requires an efficient way to establish entanglement between any two qubits, regardless of where they are physically located. It needs to allow the algorithm to make use of all the qubits in the system, whether they are located on the same chip, within the same module or in separate, networked modules. Distributed quantum computing demands distributed entanglement. Distributed entanglement describes an ability to establish and consume entanglement between qubits located anywhere in the system, through a remote connection. It differs from proximity-based approaches to entanglement, where qubits must be physically brought together to create a connection. In my experience, one of the most effective ways to achieve the necessary computational performance in a modular system is by designing the system from the outset to minimize bottlenecks—in quantum, this means prioritizing entanglement distribution. Just like on-demand streaming, which has the resources in place to allow you to watch any available movie at the time of your choosing, a quantum computer operating system should make any-to-any entanglement available across the quantum computing system on demand. Achieving efficient modularity via distributed entanglement impacts fundamental elements of quantum system design. I believe that in order to identify systems capable of this level of performance, evaluators should look for three main capabilities integrated into a united architecture: • The qubit platform needs to support entanglement generation beyond neighbouring qubits. • The interconnects and network must provide high connectivity and low latency. • The operating system must be able to coordinate entanglement creation and distribution on demand, to have it where and when it is needed. Distributed entanglement can achieve scalability and affordability. Architectures focused on distributed quantum entanglement are in development today and positioned to accelerate the timelines to commercial-scale value from quantum. The high connectivity needed for distributed entanglement could also allow error correction techniques that reduce the resources needed to run commercially relevant algorithms relative to less-connected systems, bringing quantum systems even closer to reality. I believe systems that distribute entanglement well will make it possible to build affordable, highly scalable quantum computers deployable in modern data centers—unlocking new capabilities for researchers and businesses in areas like drug development, materials science, cryptography, artificial intelligence and other areas that today's supercomputers struggle to handle. Therefore, as we in the industry continue working to understand quantum capacity, the potential for efficient modularity should be a key consideration. Forbes Business Council is the foremost growth and networking organization for business owners and leaders. Do I qualify?