Tag: quantum computing

Entangled Light, Quantum Money

By Mark Williams | 08/18/2009 | 8 Comments

A breakthrough explores the challenges--and suggests the financial possibilities--of creating quantum networks.

Scaling Up a Quantum Computer

By Kate Greene | 08/07/2009 | 1 Comment

A series of sustained quantum operations shows promise for developing a practical device.

A Quantum Memory Leap

By Don Monroe | 01/22/2009 | 7 Comments

Transferring the state of separated ions could point the way to quantum computing.

Riding D-Wave

By Seth Lloyd | 04/22/2008 | 4 Comments

A pioneer of quantum computing asks: Has a Canadian startup really demonstrated a prototype for a working, commercially viable quantum computer?

Desultory D-Wave

By Scott Aaronson | 04/22/2008 | 1 Comment

D-Wave may not have made a working quantum computer.

Toward a Quantum Internet

By Kate Greene | 04/15/2008 | 10 Comments

A quantum logic gate in an optical fiber could lay the foundation for a quantum computer network.