{"id":239212,"date":"2026-06-18T06:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/flexible-cryogenic-cables-for-dilution-refrigerators-could-pave-path-to-practical-quantum-computers"},"modified":"2026-06-18T06:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:16:56","slug":"flexible-cryogenic-cables-for-dilution-refrigerators-could-pave-path-to-practical-quantum-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/flexible-cryogenic-cables-for-dilution-refrigerators-could-pave-path-to-practical-quantum-computers","title":{"rendered":"Flexible cryogenic cables for dilution refrigerators could pave path to practical quantum computers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/flexible-cryogenic-cables-for-dilution-refrigerators-could-pave-path-to-practical-quantum-computers.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Necessary for quantum system development is an environment in which the fragile nature of <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2025-01-cold-quantum-refrigerator-paves-reliable.html?utm_source=embeddings&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=internal\" rel=\"related\">quantum bits<\/a> (qubits) is stabilized and the thermal noise (fluctuations in current\/voltage) inherent in superconducting electronics is dampened. That environment requires cryogenic temperatures, those ranging from 5 to 10 millikelvins, colder than the extreme temperatures encountered in space. Dilution refrigerators create this needed cryogenic condition.<\/p>\n<p>Dilution refrigerators used for quantum R&amp;D need a wiring system that can operate in cryogenic temperatures, maintain a power-efficient direct current, and support high-speed data transmission. Researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory have prototyped flexible, ribbon-like, low-frequency (LF) cables that not only meet these demands, but also are compatible with commercial circuit-board manufacturing processes. Maybell Quantum, a Colorado-based company supplying hardware for developing quantum systems, licensed the design for these cables and is adapting them for use in their dilution refrigerators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Necessary for quantum system development is an environment in which the fragile nature of quantum bits (qubits) is stabilized and the thermal noise (fluctuations in current\/voltage) inherent in superconducting electronics is dampened. That environment requires cryogenic temperatures, those ranging from 5 to 10 millikelvins, colder than the extreme temperatures encountered in space. Dilution refrigerators create [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1617,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-quantum-physics","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}