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Speed limit on the quantum highway: Physicists measure propagation velocity of quantum signals in a many-body system |
January 26, 2012
A quantum computer based on quantum particles instead of classical bits, can in principle outperform any classical computer. However, it still remains an open question, how fast and how efficient quantum computers really may be able to work. A critical limitation will be given by the velocity with which a quantum signal can spread within a processing unit. For the first time, a group of physicists has succeeded in observing such a process in a solid-state like system.
Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120125151511.htm
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