New hardware created by Stanford team shows a way to develop delicate quantum technologies based on tiny mechanical devices

Angled-view photograph of the fully packaged device. The top (mechanical) chip is secured facedown to the bottom (qubit) chip by an adhesive polymer. (Image credit: Agnetta Cleland)

By bringing the benefits of mechanical systems into the extremely small scales of the quantum realm, Stanford researchers have demonstrated new capabilities by coupling tiny nanomechanical oscillators with a type of circuit that can store and process energy in the form of a qubit. The aim is to create advanced computing and sensing devices. Link