Trapping giant Rydberg atoms for faster quantum computers

Friday, May 7, 2010 - 05:30 in Physics & Chemistry

In an achievement that could help enable fast quantum computers, University of Michigan physicists have built a better Rydberg atom trap. Rydberg atoms are highly excited, nearly-ionised giants that can be thousands of times larger than their ground-state counterparts...

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