Qubit Survives Record 39 Minutes at Room Temperature
November 16th, 2013Via: CBC:
A Canadian-led team of researchers has created a key component of a quantum computer that can survive at room temperature for a whopping 39 minutes, blowing away previous records of just seconds.
The discovery means it might be possible to store quantum bits of data, known as “qubits,” even at room temperature, for a practical length of time.
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But the results of experiments conducted in his lab show “that yeah, you can store quantum information for times that are much longer than people would have suspected… Half an hour at room temperature is pretty amazing.”
Previous room temperature survival records for various kinds of qubits made of solid materials such as silicon have ranged from two to 25 seconds.
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