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Fraunhofer EMFT has developed flexible foil-based superconducting cables designed to minimize heat leakage and maximize component density within cryostats operating near absolute zero. This engineering breakthrough is essential for scaling up qubit counts while maintaining the ultralow temperatures required for fault-tolerant quantum computation. By reducing thermal conductivity, these cables directly address a primary bottleneck in building practical, high-performance quantum processors.
Fraunhofer EMFT builds cables to control ultracold qubits

Fraunhofer EMFT develops superconducting cables for qubits, operating near -273°C.
Fraunhofer EMFT is developing foil-based superconducting cables to address a critical challenge in scaling quantum computers. The institute reports these flexible cables reduce heat input and free up valuable space…
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