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Start your day with intelligence. Get The OODA Daily Pulse. Informing your decisions with actionable intelligence Home > Analysis > OODA Original > Disruptive Technology > From Pulses to Persistence: The Architecture Behind Continuous Quantum Computing Researchers at Harvard and MIT have achieved a breakthrough in continuous quantum computing, operating a 3,000-qubit neutral-atom system for over two hours without loss of coherence — a feat that marks the transition from pulsed, fragile experiments to persistent, reconfigurable quantum processors. This experiment, published in Nature (Continuous operation of a coherent 3,000-qubit system), represents a major milestone in the race toward fault-tolerant quantum computing: The Harvard–MIT team, led by Mikhail Lukin and Vladan Vuletić, engineered a dual optical-lattice conveyor system capable of continuously refreshing a 3,000-atom quantum array while maintaining coherence. Continuous operation benefits deep-circuit quantum algorithms, atomic clocks, and quantum networking, where persistent coherence is critical.

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