Dance atoms create super-fast computing

Suspended in laser light, thousands of atoms join in pairs and dance with the perfect reciprocating beat. This is the technical model to build the world's most powerful quantum computer.

" You can do a lot of calculations simultaneously in the quantum world ," said Trey Porto, an expert at the Institute of Standards and Technology (US Department of Commerce). " This technique uses extremely cold pairs of rubidium atoms that are constantly exchanging places and performing storage-processing tasks ."

In today's computers, the smallest storage unit is a bit - a binary number of 0 or 1 corresponds to the on / off, false / true state. Quantum technology allows many other types

Thousands of atoms join in pairs and dance with the perfect reciprocating beat (photo: Sciencedaily).

together. Quantum bits, or qubits, can range between 0 and 1, just like switches that are turned off, not turned off, or turned off. This flexibility allows multiple calculations to be performed concurrently.

Porto's team split the pairs of atoms into a light grid formed by six purple lasers centered at one point and hung them in the same background, looking like a circular well. When pressed closer to the smaller space, the pairs of atoms begin to oscillate between 0 and 1, and " dance " is like two magic coins, where the copper ends up in the opposite direction.

Now, the new " dance " steps in the same. To exploit the power of this model in quantum computers, scientists have to continue to configure different pairs to dance to different rhythms.