Japanese solve major hurdle in quantum computing

[Delta4Embassy]

Entangling the atoms in an optical lattice for quantum computation

" Nippon Telegraph and Telephone has proposed a method for generating a large-scale entangled quantum state of ultracold atoms in an optical lattice with high fidelity and short operation time, which becomes a resource for quantum computers. This result solves important problems toward the realization of a quantum computer, such as scalability of quantum bits and error reduction. This result paves the way for realizing a million-bit-scale quantum computing.

The research will be published online in Physical Review Letters on March 17, 2014, and was supported in part by Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST."

 

[Truthmatters]

scary and promising stuff at the same time

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Always love quantum news. Proof of the counter-intuitive stuff being true (that you can make technology utilizing the principles) is a good 'let's get high and ponder this 'trip-toy.' Or as 'Ogre' said in one of the "Revenge of the Nerds" sequels when stoned, "What if d-o-g actually spelled cat?"