Tremendous chilly atoms may clear up a quantum computing conundrum
orangefish/Shutterstock
Ultracold atoms that continually transfer in repeating patterns, in a type of matter known as a time crystal, might be used to construct quantum computer systems that produce fewer errors.
In standard computer systems, printed circuit boards include strong supplies like plastic. A circuit board created from time crystals would contain hundreds of atoms nearly as chilly as absolute zero, one of many circumstances required for quantum phenomena to unfold. Krzysztof Sacha on the Jagiellonian College in Poland and his colleagues developed a mathematical blueprint for such “temporal printed circuit boards”.…
