News tagged with decoherence

Keeping it together: Protecting entanglement from decoherence and sudden death

(PhysOrg.com) -- Decoherence can be metaphorically seen as a quantum fall from grace: When quantum bits, or qubits, are in superposition – such as a single qubit simultaneously having both 1 and 0 values ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast feature

A quantum connection between light and motion

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have demonstrated a system in which light is used to control the motion of an object that is large enough to be seen with the naked eye at the level where quantum mechanics governs ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

A quantum leap in computing

When American physicist Richard Feynman in 1982 proposed creating a quantum computer that could solve complex problems, the idea was merely a theory scientists believed was far off in the future.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Quantum cats are hard to see

Are there parallel universes? And how will we know? This is one of many fascinations people hold about quantum physics. Researchers from the universities of Calgary and Waterloo in Canada and the University ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (17) | comments 319 | with audio podcast

Breakthrough in quantum computing: Resisting 'quantum bug'

Scientists have taken the next major step toward quantum computing, which will use quantum mechanics to revolutionize the way information is processed.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (23) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Autonomous quantum error correction technique proposed for quantum memories

(PhysOrg.com) -- While words such as "powerful" and "efficient" are often used to describe the potential of quantum computing, these quantum systems can be very fragile at the same time. Errors in quantum ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 04, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

Not all quantum properties are lost through interaction with the environment

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most well-known "rules" of quantum physics is that all quantum properties are lost due to environmental interaction. This rule, though, may not hold true in all situations. "We have discovered ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (38) | comments 33 | with audio podcast feature

New evidence for quantum Darwinism found in quantum dots

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have found new evidence that supports the theory of quantum Darwinism, the idea that the transition from the quantum to the classical world occurs due to a quantum form of natural ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 10, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (48) | comments 31 | with audio podcast feature

Creating a six-qubit cluster state

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many scientists believe that quantum entanglement is required in order for effective quantum computing. Entanglement takes place when there is a connection that exists between two objects - even when they ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 2 feature