How the alphabet of data processing is growing: Research team generates flying 'qubits'
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 12:30
in Physics & Chemistry
The alphabet of data processing could include more elements than the "0" and "1" in future. An international research team has achieved a new kind of bit with single electrons, called quantum bits, or qubits. With them, considerably more than two states can be defined. So far, quantum bits have only existed in relatively large vacuum chambers. The team has now generated them in semiconductors.