Quantum computing, no cooling required: Room-temperature quantum bits store data for nearly two seconds

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 - 13:30 in Physics & Chemistry

Using a pair of impurities in ultra-pure, laboratory-grown diamonds, researchers have created room-temperature quantum bits, and store information in them for nearly two seconds -- an increase of nearly six orders of magnitude over the lifespan of earlier systems. The work is a critical first step in the eventual construction of a functional quantum computer, as well as a host of other potential applications.

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