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QUBITWIRE 100

Ronald Hanson

Distinguished Professor at Delft University of Technology and Principal Investigator at QuTech

Delft University of Technology; QuTech

QuTech
Netherlands · work baseIdentification checked 2026-09-19
WHY INCLUDED

An experimental physicist whose diamond-spin research connects tests of quantum nonlocality with the construction of small networks that distribute and process entanglement.

QuTecharXiv / Nature

Hanson’s work links fundamental physics with the building blocks of a quantum internet. He coauthored the Delft experiment that tested a Bell inequality while closing major experimental loopholes. His group subsequently demonstrated entanglement across a network with multiple quantum nodes. Both depend on controlling matter-based qubits and connecting them optically, making this research a useful guide to the demanding transition from individual quantum links to coordinated network operations.

QuTecharXiv / Nature

Defining contributions

Work, in context
  1. 2015

    A loophole-free Bell test

    Hanson coauthored the experiment using entangled electron spins separated by 1.3 kilometres to test a Bell inequality. Its event-ready design, efficient readout and rapid measurement choices addressed both the detection and locality loopholes in a single experiment.

    Coauthor of the Delft Bell-test experiment with Hensen and the wider collaborating team.

    Source-supported recordarXiv / Nature
  2. 2021

    A network with multiple quantum nodes

    Hanson’s QuTech biography records his group’s demonstration of entanglement in a multi-node quantum network. This extended the laboratory’s work from individual links toward coordinated operations among connected quantum processors.

    Research-group contribution documented by QuTech; multi-node entanglement is attributed to the team.

    Source-supported recordQuTech

Keep in perspective

His former QuTech scientific-director role is not presented as current. The network demonstration is not described as a deployed general-purpose quantum internet.

Follow the evidence

2 sources

Primary papers, institutional records and attributed announcements. Each source supports the claims linked above.

QubitWire editorial · Content edition 2026-09-19.1Independent coverage. Inclusion does not imply endorsement.