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Sep 29, 2016
Stopping Light: Physicists Move Quantum Computers Closer to Reality
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, engineering, particle physics, quantum physics
Hmmm; like the graphic reminds of one of my posts.
In Brief.
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Sep 29, 2016
Quantum computing breakthrough: Israeli scientists invent cannon for entangled photon clusters
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, quantum physics
Scientists have developed a device that can guarantee producing an endless sequence of entangled photons.
Sep 29, 2016
Will quantum teleportation defeat quantum decryption?
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, encryption, finance, quantum physics, security
Nice article; however, not sure if the author is aware Los Alamos already has a quantum net as well as some Europe banks have the capabilities and 4 months ago it was announced that a joint effort by various countries from Europe, Asia, etc. have come together to re-engineer the Net infrastructure with QC technology…
Maybe the quantum will giveth what the quantum taketh away… at least when it comes to secure transmissions.
There’s been much speculation that emerging quantum computers will become capable of breaking advanced public key cryptography systems, such as 2048-bit RSA. This might leave encrypted data transmissions exposed to anyone who happens to own such a quantum computer.
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Sep 28, 2016
First quantum photonic circuit with an electrically driven light source
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: computing, encryption, nanotechnology, quantum physics
Whether for use in safe data encryption, ultrafast calculation of huge data volumes or so-called quantum simulation of highly complex systems: Optical quantum computers are a source of hope for tomorrow’s computer technology. For the first time, scientists now have succeeded in placing a complete quantum optical structure on a chip, as outlined Nature Photonics. This fulfills one condition for the use of photonic circuits in optical quantum computers.
“Experiments investigating the applicability of optical quantum technology so far have often claimed whole laboratory spaces,” explains Professor Ralph Krupke of the KIT. “However, if this technology is to be employed meaningfully, it must be accommodated on a minimum of space.” Participants in the study were scientists from Germany, Poland, and Russia under the leadership of Professors Wolfram Pernice of the Westphalian Wilhelm University of Münster (WWU) and Ralph Krupke, Manfred Kappes, and Carsten Rockstuhl of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
The light source for the quantum photonic circuit used by the scientists for the first time were special nanotubes made of carbon. They have a diameter 100,000 times smaller than a human hair, and they emit single light particles when excited by laser light. Light particles (photons) are also referred to as light quanta. Hence the term “quantum photonics.”
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Sep 27, 2016
Russia’s Vladimir Putin is replacing Microsoft’s (MSFT) products and servers with local alternatives
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: computing
Sep 27, 2016
KIT team develops ‘quantum optical structure on a chip
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, nanotechnology, particle physics, quantum physics
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology say they have developed a quantum photonic circuit with an electrically driven light source. Described as a ‘complete quantum optical structure on a chip’, the development is said to fulfil one condition for the use of photonic circuits in optical quantum computers.
“Experiments investigating the applicability of optical quantum technology have often claimed whole laboratory spaces,” said Professor Ralph Krupke. “However, if this technology is to be employed meaningfully, it must be accommodated on a minimum of space.”
The light source for the quantum photonic circuit is carbon nanotubes which emit single particles of light when excited by a laser. Because they emit single photons, carbon nanotubes are attractive as light sources for optical quantum computers.
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Sep 27, 2016
Quantum computing advances with control of entanglement
Posted by Andreas Matt in categories: computing, particle physics, quantum physics
When the quantum computer was imagined 30 years ago, it was revered for its potential to quickly and accurately complete practical tasks often considered impossible for mere humans and for conventional computers. But, there was one big catch: Tiny-scale quantum effects fall apart too easily to be practical for reliably powering computers.
Now, a team of scientists in Japan may have overcome this obstacle. Using laser light, they have developed a precise, continuous control technology giving 60 times more success than previous efforts in sustaining the lifetime of “qubits,” the unit that quantum computers encode. In particular, the researchers have shown that they can continue to create a quantum behavior known as the entangled state—entangling more than one million different physical systems, a world record that was only limited in their investigation by data storage space.
This feat is important because entangled quantum particles, such as atoms, electrons and photons, are a resource of quantum information processing created by the behaviors that emerge at the tiny quantum scale. Harnessing them ushers in a new era of information technology. From such behaviors as superposition and entanglement, quantum particles can perform enormous calculations simultaneously. The report of their investigation appears this week in the journal APL Photonics.
Sep 26, 2016
Stopped light means go for quantum computers (eventually)
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, quantum physics
‘Stationary light’ could lead to quantum logic gates – building blocks for quantum computers. Cathal O’Connell reports.
Sep 26, 2016
Wonders of Creation: Scientists Use Quantum Mechanics to Teleport Particle 4 Miles
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, particle physics, quantum physics
Scientists at the University of Calgary successfully teleported a particle nearly four miles away in a breakthrough experiment that could revolutionize the way computers function.
Researchers used the entanglement property of quantum mechanics, known as “spooky action at a distance,” to teleport a particle. It’s a scientific property not even the renowned Albert Einstein could come to terms with it.
“Being entangled means that the two photons that form an entangled pair have properties that are linked regardless of how far the two are separated,” Dr. Wolfgang Tittel, a physics professor at the University of Calgary who was involved in the research, said in a press statement. “When one of the photons was sent over to City Hall, it remained entangled with the photon that stayed at the University of Calgary. What happened is the instantaneous and disembodied transfer of the photon’s quantum state onto the remaining photon of the entangled pair, which is the one that remained six kilometres [slightly less than 4 miles] away at the university.”