Light may be the missing ingredient in making usable quantum silicon computer chips, according to researchers. The team has engineered a silicon chip that can guide single particles of light — photons — along optical tracks, encoding and processing quantum-bits of information known as 'qubits'.
Making light work of quantum computing
Light may be the missing ingredient in making usable quantum silicon computer chips, according to researchers. The team has engineered a silicon chip that can guide single particles of light -- photons -- along optical tracks, encoding and processing quantum-bits of information known as 'qubits'.
