Reducing noise in quantum operation at room temperature

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 07:30 in Physics & Chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- "A quantum memory is a crucial component of future quantum information processing technologies. Among these technologies, a quantum communications system based on light will enable vastly improved performance over conventional systems, and allow quantum computers to be connected," Ian Walmsley tells PhysOrg.com. Walmsley is a scientist at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. "Building such as system will require a means to effect the temporary storage of single light quanta – photons."

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