Bizarre matter could find use in quantum computers: Odd electron mix has fault-tolerant quantum registry
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 13:02
in Physics & Chemistry
There are enticing new findings this week in the worldwide search for materials that support fault-tolerant quantum computing. New results from Rice University and Princeton University indicate that a bizarre state of matter that acts like a particle with one-quarter electron charge also has a "quantum registry" that is immune to information loss from external perturbations.