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> the new optical switch works at room temperature
by sleepy_keita 5y ago
> the new optical switch works at room temperature
- neltnerb 5y agoThese sound a lot like room temperature optical qubits... I'm certain I am missing something but this sounds pretty neat.
- brokensegue 5y agothey aren't quantum
- westurner 5y agoAre they polarized photons though?
- rocqua 5y agoThey probably aren't in a superposition, let alone entangled with each other.
- neltnerb 5y agoGotcha, if I am reading this right the mechanism for the switch is quantum but the property is not. So no different in that regard than in semiconductors where the underlying behavior is due to quantum mechanics but the actual computing elements are functioning like analog non-linear elements. Thanks!
- fiddlerwoaroof 5y agoThis is what I get for skimming the article.