--- title: Dissipation Can Be a Tool For Entanglement | daily.dev description: Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Chicago have demonstrated that dissipation — normally an enemy of quantum... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/dissipation-can-be-a-tool-for-entanglement-8ciqdwpjv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Dissipation Can Be a Tool For Entanglement | daily.dev og:description: Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Chicago have demonstrated that dissipation — normally an enemy of quantum... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/dissipation-can-be-a-tool-for-entanglement-8ciqdwpjv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8ciQdWpJv.png og:image:alt: Dissipation Can Be a Tool For Entanglement og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Dissipation Can Be a Tool For Entanglement **[The Quantum Insider](https://daily.dev/sources/thequantuminsider)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Chicago have demonstrated that dissipation — normally an enemy of quantum systems — can be engineered to generate and sustain steady-state entanglement between superconducting qubits. The key innovation is a technique called synthetic squeezing, which compensates for real-world noise and hardware imperfections in cascaded quantum systems, enabling high-quality entanglement without physically transporting qubits through noisy channels. The entanglement is maintained as a natural steady state, theoretically indefinitely and over arbitrary distances. Published in Physical Review X, the work opens paths toward quantum networking, entanglement distillation, and distributed quantum computing beyond the current two-qubit demonstration. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is synthetic squeezing in the context of quantum entanglement? Synthetic squeezing is a theoretical framework developed to account for real-world noise and hardware imperfections in cascaded quantum systems. It works by adjusting experimental settings to replicate the idealized conditions of the original entanglement-via-dissipation model, effectively reducing the problem to fine-tuning in the lab. This allows high-quality steady-state entanglement to be achieved between superconducting qubits without physically transporting them through noisy channels. _Physicists and quantum engineers tracking entanglement techniques follow developments like synthetic squeezing on daily.dev._ ### How does dissipation-based entanglement differ from traditional entanglement generation methods? Traditional entanglement generation prepares qubits together then transports them apart, making them vulnerable to decoherence during transit. Dissipation-based entanglement bypasses transport entirely: qubits continuously absorb and emit light, and by balancing externally introduced light with dissipated light, a steady state emerges in which the qubits are entangled. The entanglement is maintained as the system's natural resting point rather than a fragile prepared state. _Quantum computing teams evaluating entanglement distribution strategies for distributed systems find the latest research on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Entanglement enhances the speed of quantum simulations, transforming long-standing obstacles into a powerful advantage](https://daily.dev/posts/entanglement-enhances-the-speed-of-quantum-simulations-transforming-long-standing-obstacles-into-a--rkq9nvedp) · Phys.org · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [In Step Toward Quantum Networking, Penn Study Finds Quantum Light Pattern Can Survive Loss of Entanglement](https://daily.dev/posts/in-step-toward-quantum-networking-penn-study-finds-quantum-light-pattern-can-survive-loss-of-entang-lhnm1ckqp) · The Quantum Insider · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Quantum Networking Breakthrough Points to Key Security Gains](https://daily.dev/posts/quantum-networking-breakthrough-points-to-key-security-gains-rutlk0ch8) · Security Boulevard · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Entanglement-enhanced learning of quantum processes at scale](https://daily.dev/posts/entanglement-enhanced-learning-of-quantum-processes-at-scale-r3occgydg) · Nature · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#quantum-computing](https://daily.dev/tags/quantum-computing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/dissipation-can-be-a-tool-for-entanglement-8ciqdwpjv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Dissipation Can Be a Tool For Entanglement","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/dissipation-can-be-a-tool-for-entanglement-8ciqdwpjv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/dissipation-can-be-a-tool-for-entanglement-8ciqdwpjv"},"datePublished":"2026-08-10T09:45:02.287Z","dateModified":"2026-08-10T09:45:27.194Z","description":"Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Chicago have demonstrated that dissipation — normally an enemy of quantum...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c2cc6d707ce10ab440342a6e0b86d850?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c2cc6d707ce10ab440342a6e0b86d850?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Quantum Insider","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Quantum Insider","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/7b14a6b34c1b464c9e8a88d9a0dac951","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/thequantuminsider"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/dissipation-can-be-a-tool-for-entanglement-8ciqdwpjv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"quantum-computing","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Quantum Insider","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/thequantuminsider"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Dissipation Can Be a Tool For Entanglement"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/dissipation-can-be-a-tool-for-entanglement-8ciqdwpjv#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is synthetic squeezing in the context of quantum entanglement?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Synthetic squeezing is a theoretical framework developed to account for real-world noise and hardware imperfections in cascaded quantum systems. 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