SYDNEY, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) — A team of quantum engineers has created quantum entanglement between two distant atoms in silicon using electrons as a bridge, according to a statement released Friday by Australia’s University of New South Wales.
Researchers have made a significant advance in quantum computing, as they created “quantum entangled states,” where two separate particles become so deeply linked they no longer behave independently, using the spins of two atomic nuclei.
Such states of entanglement are the key resource that gives quantum computers their edge over conventional ones, the statement said.
The research, published in Science, is an important step towards building large-scale quantum computers, one of the most exciting scientific and technological challenges of the 21st century, it said. ■