Re:New silicon structure opens the gate to quantum computers
by ohiovr on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @06:20PM
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I know nothing about this stuff but this caught my eye:
“The challenge is that it’s very difficult to build artificial structures small enough to trap and control single electrons without destroying their long storage times,” said David Zajac, a graduate student in physics at Princeton and first-author on the study. “This is the first demonstration of entanglement between two electron spins in silicon, a material known for providing one of the cleanest environments for electron spin states.”
Electrides like Calcium Aluminate Electride can readily trap individual electrons. And it is stable at room temperatures.
“The challenge is that it’s very difficult to build artificial structures small enough to trap and control single electrons without destroying their long storage times,” said David Zajac, a graduate student in physics at Princeton and first-author on the study. “This is the first demonstration of entanglement between two electron spins in silicon, a material known for providing one of the cleanest environments for electron spin states.”
Electrides like Calcium Aluminate Electride can readily trap individual electrons. And it is stable at room temperatures.