
Does such a quantum computer make you stunned?
In a startup near Yale University, there is a clean but crowded lab. Intricate pipelines are entangled under the ceiling, and electronic equipment and refrigeration pumps are stacked on the floor. This seemingly messy device is actually a computer. It is different from any computer in the world. It is a quantum computer.
Robert Sherkopf and Michelle Dvorett of Yale University designed the machine to realize the long-term dream of scientists – quantum computing. Such calculations are based on a superposition concept in quantum mechanics where particles can be in two states at the same time, like a fast-rotating coin, both front and back. Traditional computer chips, whether on your phone or supercomputer, have transistors that process information in binary code: everything is “0” or “1”. Quantum computers use quantum bits, which can be either “0” or “1”. Such a machine can solve the problem faster.
However, qubits are fragile and any interference can cause computational confusion. Robert Sherkopf and Michel Dvorett pioneered a way to stabilize them by building quantum bits in superconductors (materials with zero resistance at a certain temperature). In this way, they create a space for quantum programs to be undisturbed. As you can see from their lab, this requires a giant cooling box to help small devices handle big problems.
Cooling box of a quantum computer
to create a colder than the ambient space, helium refrigerant compressor pump drive in brass. During the circulation, helium is compressed and liquefied to produce low temperatures. It takes a day for the temperature in the cooling box to reach an almost absolute zero operating temperature.
Qubits module
has requested the core of a quantum computer – a quantum bit module debut! This 2.5 cm long thin wafer is made of sapphire and covered with a 100 nm thick aluminum film. At very low temperatures, the microwave photons come to the “Y-shaped” intersection and are set to “superimposed state”, and the wavy line below the “Y-type” is used to transmit the result of the qubit.
Connector module
Multiple qubits are required to solve complex problems, and multiple qubit modules can be connected using the connectors in the figure. Yale scientists design these connector modules for specific purposes: some for processing process data, some for reading data, and others for amplifying signals. For the production of quantum computers, this extension module is as important as the generation of quantum bits.
Tools
These tools are graduate students and postdoctoral their standard. They need to use these tools to constantly change the configuration of the quantum computer and have completed specific experiments.
Hey! keep quiet! (Top left) The
quantum computer is located in the cooling box, which is very quiet. Any interference can cause computational errors, so scientists must protect the qubits. A check valve called a circulator (four rectangular boxes in the middle of the picture) filters out disturbances such as ambient noise.
Ground control module (top right)
Not all work is done in the chiller. The network analyzer (the rectangular box at the front of the picture) ensures that the microwave lines required to transmit the signal are working properly. The tall grey cabinets behind it are used to control the refrigeration pumps and valves.
Tall cooling box
set of old equipment has rarely been used. This 2.7-meter-high cooling box is one of the “professional equipment” in the laboratory and has been around for 15 years. Young researchers rarely use it for experiments because it is tall and narrow, it is difficult to lay out the circuit, and it is troublesome to cool down. However, if the experiment is heavy and the new equipment is not available, the students will occasionally use it.

