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Chinese team produces quantum computing ingredients with record efficiency
- New method could speed up research in technology for long-distance, attack-proof communications and conserve laboratory resources
- Entangled photons are crucial for developing superfast quantum computers and communication devices
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To develop superfast quantum computers, scientists must first produce a large number of entangled particles – particles that remain connected even when they are far apart – to send information. Photo: Shutterstock
- Chinese scientists say they have demonstrated a new way to produce entangled photons – a fundamental ingredient in quantum communication and computing – with unprecedented efficiency.
The method has the potential to conserve laboratory resources and accelerate research into quantum relay, a key technology for long-distance, attack-proof quantum communication, according to researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China in the southeastern province of Anhui.
To develop superfast quantum computers and communication devices, scientists must first produce a large number of entangled particles – particles that remain connected even when they are far apart – to send information.
To develop superfast quantum computers, scientists must first produce a large number of entangled particles – particles that remain connected even when they are far apart – to send information. Photo: Shutterstock
The method has the potential to conserve laboratory resources and accelerate research into quantum relay, a key technology for long-distance, attack-proof quantum communication, according to researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China in the southeastern province of Anhui.
To develop superfast quantum computers and communication devices, scientists must first produce a large number of entangled particles – particles that remain connected even when they are far apart – to send information.