Researchers have implicated ion quantum computing using giant atomic ions (Rydberg ions) and discovered a new way to speed up quantum computing that can pave the way for the massive leap forward in computer processing power.
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| Researchers have discovered a new way to speed up quantum computing that can pave the way for the huge leap forward in computer processing power. Credit: CC0 Public Domain |
Speeding Up Quantum Computing Using Giant Atomic Ions
A quantum computer is operated using quantum gates that are composed of microscopic
quantum particles, such as atoms and molecules.
In classical digital computers, logic gates have operational
bits that are silicon-based electronic devices.
Information
is encoded in two classical states ("0" and "1"). This
means that the capacity of a classical computer increases linearly with the
number of bits.
Large
computing facilities or supercomputers are built to deal with emerging scientific
and industrial problems.
Researchers at the University of Stockholm and the University
of Nottingham have implicated ion quantum computing using a new experimental
approach - trapped Rydberg ions; and discovered a new way to accelerate quantum
computing that could pave the way for the massive leap forward in computer
processing power.
The
experimental work was performed by Marcus Hennrich's group at the University of
Stockholm using giant Rydberg ions (100,000,000 times larger than normal atoms
or ions).The study report has been published in "Nature".