Re:Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic lev...
by civicrypt123 on Thursday August 03, 2023 @10:39PM
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Noob question. Does this breakthrough also translate to advancements in quantum computing? Can we expect quantum computers with far more qbits?
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Re:Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic lev...
by scarmig on Thursday August 03, 2023 @10:41PM
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Nope. Quantum computing requires low temperatures not because of resistance but to maintain coherence.
Re:Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic lev...
by seewhydee on Thursday August 03, 2023 @10:53PM
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A room temperature superconductor would, by definition, maintain quantum coherence (of the superconducting order parameter) at room temperature.
Re:Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic lev...
by sudosysgen on Friday August 04, 2023 @12:27AM
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That's not what is meant by coherence, what is required in a quantum computer is for multiple qbits to maintain states coherent to each other. Current quantum computers operate in the milikelvin range for a reason, despite superconductors working at 1000x higher temperatures.
Re:Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic lev...
by qnleigh on Friday August 04, 2023 @02:07AM
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It won't have a direct impact on quantum computing. People make qubits out of superconducting materials that become superconducting at 4K or higher, but you have to cool them to around 0.03 K for them to really work well as qubits. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_quantum_comp....
But there could very well be indirect applications! This would be very very interesting for the physics community, and surely lead to other new things.