量子糾纏相遇超導(dǎo)性
休斯頓 Rice 大學(xué)的一項(xiàng)實(shí)驗(yàn)將量子糾纏和量子臨界關(guān)聯(lián)起來(lái)。兩種此前被認(rèn)為區(qū)別的量子現(xiàn)象在最新實(shí)驗(yàn)中顯示背后存在相同的物理學(xué)規(guī)律,未來(lái)也許能發(fā)展出將糾纏和超導(dǎo)結(jié)合起來(lái)的大一統(tǒng)理論。研究報(bào)告發(fā)表在《科學(xué)》期刊上。
研究集中在由鐿、銠和硅構(gòu)成的金屬薄膜,Rice 大學(xué)的研究團(tuán)隊(duì)分析了金屬薄膜的性質(zhì),他們觀察到了量子臨界行為,同時(shí)還在數(shù)以億計(jì)的電子中觀察到了廣泛的量子糾纏。 Rice 大學(xué)量子材料中心主任 Qimiao Si 教授說(shuō),10 個(gè)量子比特就已經(jīng)足夠大了,如此多的電子被量子糾纏使其潛在能成為一種量子工程資源。 相關(guān)鏈接: 1.https://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/computing/hardware/quantum-entanglement-superconductivity-technology-news-novel-experiment 2.https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6475/285 關(guān)鍵詞: 量子糾纏
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dushunli 2020-01-31 00:27量子糾纏!
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tassy 2020-01-31 01:44顯示背后存在相同的物理學(xué)規(guī)律
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lufan 2020-01-31 02:14電子被量子糾纏使其潛在能成為一種量子工程資源
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mang2004 2020-01-31 07:20Quantum Entanglement Meets Superconductivity in Novel Experiment
Two mysterious components of quantum technology came together in a lab at Rice University in Houston recently. Quantum entanglement—the key to quantum computing—and quantum criticality—an essential ingredient for high-temperature superconductors—have now been linked in a single experiment.
The preliminary results suggest something approaching the same physics is behind these two essential but previously distinct quantum technologies. The temptation, then, is to imagine a future in which a sort of grand unified theory of entanglement and superconductivity might be developed, where breakthroughs in one field could be translated into the other.
The research centers around a thin film of a metal (composed of the elements ytterbium, rhodium, and silicon) fabricated by researchers at the Vienna University of Technology. A team at Rice, then, analyzed its peculiar properties.
They observed the film in a state that both exhibited so-called “quantum critical” behavior and a widespread level of quantum entanglement among billions of its electrons.
“Usually with qubits, you build one; you build two; if you get to ten, that’s a large number,” said Qimiao Si, professor of physics at Rice and director of the Rice Center for Quantum Materials. “There’s a tantalizing promise that collectively, there’s so many electrons that are quantum mechanically entangled, and they could potentially be a resource for quantum engineering.”
The film’s quantum critical state, which is separate and distinct from its observed quantum entanglement, comes courtesy of the film’s composition. Si said the team relied on previous research that’s established this film has a net-zero magnetic field—but only because its electrons are aligned electron-by-electron, one against the other. This “anti-ferromagnetic” behavior is a hallmark of its quantum critical state.
“As a field, we’d like to understand the nature of quantum criticality,” Si said. The present research, he added, helps in that quest.
Si and colleagues cooled their metal film down near absolute zero to observe its response to a range of terahertz radiation beams. Although less than 0.1 percent of any given terahertz beam transmitted through the film, the researchers found that if they integrated their observations over many hours, they could piece together a weak signal.
And when they compared those weak signals at various temperatures and terahertz frequencies, they found a collective behavior among the electrons that the terahertz radiation probed. The behavior consists of a scaling relationship between the temperature of the sample and the radiation’s frequency—indicating a quantum synchrony among the electrons in the metal film that Si says strongly suggests the electrons are all entangled.
Tell any quantum computer scientist that entanglement can be generated not in the dozens or hundreds of particles but rather in the millions or billions, and they might be inclined to take a gander.
On the other hand, tell any superconductivity researcher that the same phenomenon that’s potentially at the root of their Holy Grail quest (quantum criticality) happens in the apparent presence of quantum entanglement, and they might want to know more, too.
“It took a long time to demonstrate that this kind of quantum criticality involves quantum entanglement in an essential way,” Si said. “This is (also) fundamental research that has the potential to provide the design principles for high-temperature superconductivity.”
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redplum 2020-01-31 08:59真的很牛逼啊
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likaihit 2020-01-31 09:07不太明白
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木子示羊 2020-01-31 09:11量子糾纏相遇超導(dǎo)性
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星空38 2020-01-31 10:01休斯頓 Rice 大學(xué)的一項(xiàng)實(shí)驗(yàn)將量子糾纏和量子臨界關(guān)聯(lián)起來(lái)。
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thorn12345 2020-01-31 10:2910 個(gè)量子比特就已經(jīng)足夠大了
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realyan 2020-01-31 11:42很厲害啊