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From Circuits to Chandeliers: A Quantum History

Name: From Circuits to Chandeliers: A Quantum History
Uploaded: 2025-12-10T12:16:23-08:00
Duration: 240 s
Description: Google Quantum AI chief scientist Michel Devoret recounts the experimental history behind superconducting quantum circuits. The four-minute interview traces the route from a 1985 experiment to the hardware ideas underlying modern quantum processors. It is a first-person historical account of the field's foundations.

Original upload Dec 10, 2025 · 4:00

Engineers installing an IBM Quantum System One cryogenic assembly at Fraunhofer

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Google Quantum AI chief scientist Michel Devoret recounts the experimental history behind superconducting quantum circuits. The four-minute interview traces the route from a 1985 experiment to the hardware ideas underlying modern quantum processors. It is a first-person historical account of the field's foundations.

Video by Google Quantum AI. Added to QubitWire October 4, 2026.

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