Breakthrough In Quantum Mechanics: Superconducting Electronic Circuit Pumps Microwave Photons
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 15:14
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers have recently reached what they are calling a milestone in experimental quantum mechanics. They have used a superconducting electronic circuit known as a Josephson phase qubit to controllably pump microwave photons, one at a time, into a superconducting microwave resonator.