Researchers create single-photon server
By Donald Melanson 
posted Mar 19th 2007 11:31AM
posted Mar 19th 2007 11:31AM
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics look to be doing their namesake proud, creating a single-photon server that could eventually lead to some significant advancements in quantum computing. The server was created by trapping a single Rubidium atom in a vacuum chamber and applying a laser pulse to it, which caused it to spit out one photon at a time. The key bit, it seems, is that the photons generated are of much higher quality than those derived using other methods, meaning that can essentially be made indistinguishable from one another -- a key requirement for quantum computing. With that considerable feat under their belt, the team, led by Professor Gerhard Rempe, have now set their sights on even less easily understandable experiments, including the case of the deterministic atom-photon and those always problematic atom-atom entanglements.[Via Slashdot]
is it just me or has there been a wave of news relating to quantumn computing lately?
"is it just me or has there been a wave of news relating to quantumn computing lately?"
Yes, it is you. From my perspective it has been a particle of news.
atom-atom entanglements are magic.
yes, but does it run apache?
From my frame of reference, it has been a wave of news. Currently the derivative of the curve best fitted to it exceeds 1.1. Be prepared to see more. Then watch Intel flip out as it finds that it's business model isn't future compatible and collapse in a violent flurry of lawsuits, like the DRM pushers before them. Not that Intel is as undesirable as the RIAA by any means, but that seems to be the way it works.
Then we'll see open source hardware take hold. Steve Jobs will call it a communist virus spreading through the hardware sector, scream "Apple!" and "Developers!" a few times, maybe throw a chair at... oh wait. Wrong Steve. My bad. We'll have to wait and see how Jobs will react, won't we?
Anyway, we're living in exciting times, that's all. Oh yeah- ethana2@gmail.com: for free basic Linux help- picking a distro, getting a disk, installing safely, etc. I'm always glad to help speed society's progress. (Go light on the hate mail, please.)
Will they blend?
Cute Fight Club title.