Cardiff takes a step towards quantum computing
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 07:28
in Physics & Chemistry
A team from Cardiff University's School of Physics and Astronomy fired light particles, or photons, into a tiny tower of semi-conducting material. A photon collides with an electron confined in an even smaller structure within the tower, and they oscillate briefly between the states of light and matter, before the photon re-emerges...