Another Step In Quantum Computing: A Functional Interconnect

New submitter Gennerik writes: According to a recent article in the MIT Technology Review, a team of international physicists have been able to create a quantum computing interconnect. The interconnect, which is used to connect separate silicon photonic chips, has the important feature of preserving entanglement. This marks a vital step in creating quantum computers that don't have to work in isolation. According to the article, the trick that The trick that [University of Bristol Researcher Mark Thomson] and pals have perfected is to convert the path-entanglement into a different kind of entanglement, in this case involving polarization. They do this by allowing the path-entangled photons to interfere with newly created photons in a way that causes them to become polarized. This also entangles the newly created photons, which pass into the optical fiber and travel to the second silicon photonic chip.

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The summary

[Maritz]

Summary would have read better if the submitter had read over it. ;)

Re:The summary

[jeffb (2.718)]

It's in a superposition of edited and non-edited states. If anyone had bothered to read it before posting it through to the main page, it would have collapsed.

Re:The summary

[MadCow42]

it's two entangled stories, because quantum physics.

just a friendly reminder

[nimbius]

Hey, its me, your boss (please, call me a thought leader for our synergy group.) Ive recently been made aware of our tubes, and im concerned to find out we arent keeping abreast of the latest technology in quantum...functional....photon quantum...inter...

...Listen. Im told we need to get our functional quantum polarity to be a photon. I read this on a technical article and --as I understand this -- none of our current infrastructure supports paths. Ive looked at my desktop several times today and cant find the icon for quantum entangler danglers or the polar photons. Ive put a ticket in to entangle the photons I ordered (they should arrive sometime friday) so we can start computing quantums.

PS, if quantum photon tangler re-danglers are activated, let me know which light on the server indicates this and how i can check to make sure the tangler is launching fresh photons.