Future Of Quantum Computers Unlocked By Ancient Stone

Quantum computing, it is believed, will enable researchers to solve more complicated questions in a fraction of the time. So it is indeed exciting that the future of quantum computers has been unlocked by an ancient stone.

The use of a cuprous oxide gemstone discovered in Namibia by researchers lead by the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland, has produced a quantum computing breakthrough. Although quantum computing has been labeled science's "holy grail," contemporary quantum computers are still too tiny to outperform present regular computers.

Scientists from Harvard University in Boston, Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and Aarhus University in Aarhus, Denmark collaborated on the study, which was printed in Nature Materials.

Rydberg polaritons were created using cuprous oxide (Cu2O). Rydberg polaritons are essential for the production of quantum simulators, that are recorded in quantum bits, because they rebound from light to matter.

Quantum bits can...

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