Electrically switchable qubit: a nanowire made of germanium and silicon (blue/green) lies on electrodes known as gates (gold). Voltages applied to the gates lead to the formation of individual spin qubits (blue and red arrows) that can be manipulated by microwave signals (blue pulse). In one mode, the qubit is slow and the quantum information is more stable (blue spin). In the other, the qubit can be changed more quickly (red spin). (Image: University of Basel, Department of Physics)
Electrically switchable qubit: a nanowire made of germanium and silicon (blue/green) lies on electrodes known as gates ( gold ). Voltages applied to the gates lead to the formation of individual spin qubits (blue and red arrows) that can be manipulated by microwave signals (blue pulse). In one mode, the qubit is slow and the quantum information is more stable (blue spin). In the other, the qubit can be changed more quickly (red spin). (Image: University of Basel, Department of Physics) - To perform calculations, quantum computers need qubits to act as elementary building blocks that process and store information. Now, physicists have produced a new type of qubit that can be switched from a stable idle mode to a fast calculation mode. The concept would also allow a large number of qubits to be combined into a powerful quantum computer, as researchers from the University of Basel and TU Eindhoven have reported in the journal -Nature Nanotechnology-.
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