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LIGHT-BASED PLATFORM SETS THE STAGE FOR QUANTUM SUPERCOMPUTERS
A new‘ parallel interface’ developed at Stanford enables rapid data extraction from quantum computers and opens a path toward scalable, networked quantum supercomputers.
F or decades, quantum computing has been framed as a technology of enormous promise but stubborn limitations. While researchers have demonstrated impressive control over individual quantum bits, or qubits, reading information from them quickly and reliably has remained a central bottleneck.
Now, a breakthrough from Stanford University suggests that light itself may provide the missing link between today’ s laboratory-scale systems and tomorrow’ s large-scale quantum machines.
A team led by physicists at Stanford has developed a novel optical platform that allows quantum information to be read out from many qubits simultaneously. By embedding individual atoms – each storing a qubit – inside an array of microscopic optical cavities, the researchers created a parallel interface capable of efficiently collecting light emitted by the atoms.
The advance dramatically speeds up the extraction of quantum data and could ultimately enable networks of quantum computers to operate together as a single, powerful system. www. intelligentcio. com
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