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PsiQuantum are world leaders in the race to utility-scale quantum computing, but they have been shrouded in mystery for over a decade…until now.
Thanks to some good fortune and incredible generosity from the PsiQuantum team I was able to get behind the scenes and see what makes their ground-breaking quantum computer ‘click’.
You can see their public paper here: nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08820-7
0:00 Silicon Valley's Most Secretive Quantum Computer
1:38 A Quantum Computer that runs on Light
6:03 How to Create a Single Photon
9:00 How to Build a Quantum Clock
10:48 Ad Read
11:54 Detecting Single Photons
15:00 Creating the Perfect Material
18:19 How to do math with light
21:45 How to Build a Scalable Quantum Computer
24:27 Converting Space to Time
27:25 The First Photonic Quantum Computer Demonstrator
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PsiQuantum are world leaders in the race to utility-scale quantum computing, but they have been shrouded in mystery for over a decade…until now.
Thanks to some good fortune and incredible generosity from the PsiQuantum team I was able to get behind the scenes and see what makes their ground-breaking quantum computer ‘click’.
You can see their public paper here: nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08820-7
0:00 Silicon Valley's Most Secretive Quantum Computer
1:38 A Quantum Computer that runs on Light
6:03 How to Create a Single Photon
9:00 How to Build a Quantum Clock
10:48 Ad Read
11:54 Detecting Single Photons
15:00 Creating the Perfect Material
18:19 How to do math with light
21:45 How to Build a Scalable Quantum Computer
24:27 Converting Space to Time
27:25 The First Photonic Quantum Computer Demonstrator
PATREON:👨🔬 🚀 patreon.com/DrBenMiles
NEWSLETTER: ✍️👨💻 drbenmiles.substack.com
MERCH:🤘👨🔬 rockstarscientist.org
🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/drbenmiles
📸 Insta: instagram.com/drbenmiles
📲TikTok: tiktok.com/@drbenmiles
MY GEAR
📷 Sony A7III amzn.to/3OWrmGd
🔎 Sigma 402965 16 mm F1.4 amzn.to/49BNJdq
🎤 Shure SM7B amzn.to/4sF3ngx
🎤 Zoom H4n Pro amzn.to/3OXsklB
🎤 Sennheiser AVX amzn.to/4geWnBi
