{"id":240894,"date":"2026-07-15T04:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/new-atomic-trap-boosts-quantum-performance-by-using-surface-forces"},"modified":"2026-07-15T04:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:17:20","slug":"new-atomic-trap-boosts-quantum-performance-by-using-surface-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/new-atomic-trap-boosts-quantum-performance-by-using-surface-forces","title":{"rendered":"New atomic trap boosts quantum performance by using surface forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-atomic-trap-boosts-quantum-performance-by-using-surface-forces2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin have developed a new method for trapping and controlling atoms near an ultrathin glass fiber. This has significantly improved the atoms\u2019 ability to store quantum information\u2014an important step forward for future quantum technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Trapping and controlling atoms is one of the technical foundations for using their quantum-mechanical properties\u2014for example, for secure communication in quantum networks or quantum computing. Many novel quantum devices rely on interconnecting atoms using light. For example, atoms are trapped and held near tiny light-guiding structures to enable efficient communication between quantum particles. Until now, multiple laser beams were required to keep the atoms in place within such nanophotonic systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin have developed a new method for trapping and controlling atoms near an ultrathin glass fiber. This has significantly improved the atoms\u2019 ability to store quantum information\u2014an important step forward for future quantum technologies. Trapping and controlling atoms is one of the technical foundations for using their quantum-mechanical properties\u2014for example, for [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,48,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-particle-physics","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240894","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=240894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}