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German Scientists Create 5 qubit Quantum Register

Posted by timothy on from the sehr-klein dept.

CMan0 writes "In the University of Bonn, a team of scientists has built a 5 qubit register, using cesium atoms trapped by a laser-beam grid, The Register reports. They've been able to install an empty 5 bit register(i.e. all bits 0), change two of them to 1, and later read those 1s back. The next goal is to create an interaction between 2 bits. The full scientific article can be found here in PDF format."

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  1. Not quite there! by bWareiWare.co.uk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Whilst I am sure this is a step forward there must still be a big step between creating a 5-qubit register and a 5-qubit entangled register. With what they have created can only do the same as a five bit digital computer, with the second you could <insert you favourite quantum hyperbole here>.