Tuesday, April 12, 2011

New quantum "magic"

''Broadband quantum networks inched closer to reality recently when researchers demonstrated the ability to transfer quantum-bits (qubits) from entangled photons to solid-state crystalline memory devices.
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The University of Calgary team demonstrated that their lithium niobate waveguides, which are already widely used for fiber optic communications, can handle signals from five megahertz to five gigahertz, with a memory retention time of seven nanoseconds. Its broadband quantum memory used off-the-shelf lithium-niobate crystals which needed to be supercooled to minus 270 degrees Celsius. Next, the group plans to create a real-time read-write channel using teleportation to transfer the qubits into and out-of its solid-state memory.
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