Honey, I shrunk the quantum computer

• Autores: Jacob Aron
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2945, 2013, pág. 10
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Bristol talks about quantum computers. A dizzying array of lenses and prisms that stretch across the room, the quantum computer looks rather like the light-directing puzzles common in video games. Because quantum states are fragile, the building's design dampens vibrations and even filters the power supply to remove electrical noise. Each part of the machine is carefully aligned so that mixing a pair of light beams carries out a specific calculation. Now, its set to turn 21 into 3 and 7, the two prime numbers that it is divisible by. It is the biggest number a quantum computer has ever broken into primes using the famous quantum protocol, Short's algorithm.