An optical diode made with silicon technology can be used for quantum information

Friday, March 23, 2012 - 09:31 in Physics & Chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- Transistors, resistors, capacitors, and diodes. All of these are examples of common electrical circuit elements that can be found on a computer motherboard, for instance. Billions of transistors make up a processor, with each one being less than 100 nanometers in size. This is more than 10 times smaller than the diameter of a blood cell.

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