New publication

New publication by the QCT group

April 8, 2026

Quantum Computing Technologies Group

Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Superconducting Nitridized Aluminum Thin Films

“Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Superconducting Nitridized Aluminum Thin Films” , by Alba Torras-Coloma, Pol Forn-Díaz and collaborators, has been published in the Journal of Low Temperature Physics.

The work, carried out in collaboration with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the group of Herman Suderow, reports on the measurement of the superconducting density of states in nitridized aluminum. This material, developed at the Institut de Física d’Altes Energies, is being actively explored for applications in qubit technologies.

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Results

Closing event of the Quantum Communications Complementary Plan

November 27, 2025

ICFO hosted the closing event of the Plan Complementario de Comunicaciones Cuánticas, presenting the project’s results and new infrastructure developments in quantum communications.

Featured in the media

Pol Forn-Díaz featured in the media

October 15, 2025

Pol Forn-Díaz comments on the Nobel Prize in Physics in superconducting circuits, the field his group works in

New device

New Dilution Refrigerator Installed at the QCT Lab

September 26, 2025

The Quantum Computing Technologies Lab at IFAE has just received its new dilution refrigerator from Leiden Cryogenics. The unit, customized with IFAE’s colors, is currently cooling down and is expected to reach 10 mK (0.01 K above absolute zero) tomorrow.