In the quantum world, noise is almost always the villain – the “decoherence” that disrupts our calculations and destabilizes our systems.

But what if we could flip the script and make noise work for us?

Published today in Nature Communications of Springer Nature, a new study from our team at Chalmers University of Technology – Simon Sundelin, Aamir Ali, Vyom Kulkarni, Claudia Castillo-Moreno and Simone Gasparinetti – demonstrates how dephasing noise can actually power a three-level quantum thermal machine.

For researchers, this provides a robust experimental framework for quantum thermodynamics. For our stakeholders and funding partners, it represents a crucial step in mastering the environment of superconducting circuits – turning fundamental physics into practical, controllable technology.

This work proves that the boundaries between “signal” and “noise” are more flexible than we thought. When we understand physics deeply enough, even the “problems” become part of the solution.

📄Read the article here