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This comment appears insightful but I have no idea what it means. Can someone elaborate?
by Taek 1y ago
This comment appears insightful but I have no idea what it means. Can someone elaborate?
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- scheme271 1y agoElectrons are fermions which means that two electrons can't occupy the same quantum state (Pauli exclusion principle). Bosons don't have the limit so I believe that implies that you can have stronger signals at the low end since you can have multiple photons conveying or storing the same information.
- xeonmc 1y agoAlso less chance for external interference.
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- cycomanic 1y agoWhat the previous poster is implying is that electrons interact much more strongly than photons. Hence electrons are very good for processing (e.g. building a transistor), while photons are very good for information transfer. This is also a reason why much of the traditional "optical computer" research was fundamentally flawed, just from first principles one could estimate that power requirements are prohibitive.
- nullc 1y ago> This is also a reason why much of the traditional "optical computer" research was fundamentally flawed presumably also because photons at wavelengths we can work with are BIG
- xeonmc 1y agoFermions can “hit each other” whereas bosons “pass through each other”. (Strong emphasis on the looseness of the scare quotes.)