Klaus Ensslin looks back with pride on the last 12 years, as researchers of the NCCR QSIT have been able to achieve important breakthroughs in many areas of quantum research. (Photograph: ETH Zurich/D-PHYS/Heidi Hostettler)
Klaus Ensslin looks back with pride on the last 12 years, as researchers of the NCCR QSIT have been able to achieve important breakthroughs in many areas of quantum research. (Photograph: ETH Zurich/D-PHYS/Heidi Hostettler) - ETH Professor Klaus Ensslin spent 12 years at the helm of the National Centre of Competence in Research "Quantum Science and Technology". As the programme prepares to wind down at the end of this year, we spoke to him about scientific breakthroughs and Switzerland's role in quantum research. Mr Ensslin, the National Centre of Competence in Research "Quantum Science and Technology" (NCCR QSIT) is now in its final month. It spanned a period shaped by the "second quantum revolution". Could you explain what that is? - The "second quantum revolution" refers to the entanglement of quantum objects, a phenomenon that enables us to control multiple quantum systems. Developments in this field began in the 1980s and expanded in recent years to incorporate the aspect of engineering.
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