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Research group creates longer lived and more efficient quantum memory

(Phys.org) -- One of the main sticking points to creating a true quantum computer capable of performing meaningful work, is the problem of storing quantum state information in memory. Recent efforts have resulted in highly ...

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created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Researchers demonstrate new way to control nonvolatile magnetic memory devices

(Phys.org) -- Cornell researchers have demonstrated a new strategy for making energy- efficient, reliable nonvolatile magnetic memory devices -- which retain information without electric power.

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created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

$8.5 million research initiative will study best approaches for quantum memories

The U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) has awarded $8.5 million to a consortium of seven U.S. universities that will work together to determine the best approach for generating quantum memories ...

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created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Quantum computer components 'coalesce' to 'converse'

(PhysOrg.com) -- If quantum computers are ever to be realized, they likely will be made of different types of parts that will need to share information with one another, just like the memory and logic circuits ...

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created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Physicists demonstrate the quantum von Neumann architecture

A new paradigm in quantum information processing has been demonstrated by physicists at UC Santa Barbara. Their results are published in this week's issue of Science Express online.

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created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (19) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Reducing noise in quantum operation at room temperature

(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 ...

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created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast feature

Storing quantum information permanently

Quantum memory is one of the basic building blocks needed for realizing a quantum computer one day. Atac Imamoglu, a professor of quantum electronics, and Renato Renner, a professor of theoretical physics, ...

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created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Using quantum methods to read classical memories offers surprising advantages

(PhysOrg.com) -- Currently, the data stored in classical digital memories such as CDs, DVDs, and barcodes is read by classical light. But as a new study shows, using quantum light to read these classical memories ...

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created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (31) | comments 5 | with audio podcast feature

Quantum computer - tune in now: Atomic antennae transmit quantum information across microchip

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Austrian research group led by physicist Rainer Blatt suggests a fundamentally novel architecture for quantum computation. They have experimentally demonstrated quantum antennae, which ...

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created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (17) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Computer memory takes a spin: Physicists read data after storing them in atomic nuclei for 112 seconds

University of Utah physicists stored information for 112 seconds in what may become the world's tiniest computer memory: magnetic "spins" in the centers or nuclei of atoms. Then the physicists retrieved and ...

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created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (18) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Physicists demonstrate a four-fold quantum memory

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have demonstrated quantum entanglement for a quantum state stored in four spatially distinct atomic memories.

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created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (20) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New technique allows 3-D visualization of quantum property

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new technique that maps the magnetic vector potential — one of the most important electromagnetic quantities and a foundation of quantum ...

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created Sep 29, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers convert quantum signals to telecom wavelengths, increase memory times

Using optically dense, ultra-cold clouds of rubidium atoms, researchers have made advances in three key elements needed for quantum information systems - including a technique for converting photons carrying ...

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created Sep 26, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | 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 ...

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

Pitt-led researchers to build foundation for quantum supercomputers

A research team based at the University of Pittsburgh has received a five-year, $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to tackle some of the most significant challenges preventing the development ...

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created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 5