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Nanofiber Fabrication Boosts Quantum Computing

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A new approach to fabricating optical nanofibers could enable the next generation of quantum computing. These ultra-high-transmission fibers, developed by researchers at the University of Maryland’s Joint Quantum Institute, could act as low-power traps for long-lived qubits. Creating the new nanofibers has proven relatively straightforward, according to the researchers: A fine strand of silica fiber is heated by flame to a near-melting point, then pulled apart, prompting the middle to thin out until it is about 530 nm in diameter. Light propagates through an optical...Read full article

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    Published: June 2014
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    nano
    An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
    AmericasatomsCommunicationsfiber opticsJoint Quantum InstituteMarylandnanonanofibersOpticsquantum computingqubitsResearch & Technologysilica fibersuperconductorsTech PulseUniversity of MarylandJonathan Hoffman

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