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Friday, September 20, 2013

#MATERIALS: "Superconducting Quantum Computer Beckons"

A new superconducting material holds promise for enabling quantum computers capable of solving the Big Data problem. According to scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories (Berkeley Labs) a new material called a topological insulator has a top layer that has been found to be superconducting. The hope is that it also harbors Majorana zero modes, which could hold nonvolatile q-bits that do not need the elaborate error correction as with conventional materials for quantum computers: R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog


Bismuth selenide cuprate (Bi2212) heterostructure showed high-temperature superconducting gap on the surface of a bismuth selenide topological insulator.
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