(Inverse) A quantum computer with a processor made entirely out of laser lights offers “extreme scalability,” claim its creators who comprise team from the United States, Japan, and Australia.
“Our approach starts with extreme scalability — built-in from the very beginning — because the processor, called a cluster state, is made out of light,” Nicolas Menicucci, chief investigator at the Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, said in a statement.
The group’s processor is perhaps more accurately known as a cluster state. This is a collection of entangled quantum components. A cluster state is capable of using these components to perform quantum computations in a specific way.
The problem is, two decades after they were first discussed, all cluster states have failed on two metrics. They need to be big enough to actually face real-world problems, and they need to have the correct entanglement structure.
“Ours is the first ever to succeed at both,” Menicucci said.
Quantum Computer Processor Made of Lasers Offers ‘Extreme Scalability’
