I wonder if this would make it easier to forego extreme cooling. I know there are companies that have qubits on a chip, but NaAnys (My made up word) are much more stable.
A new phase of matter: Physicists show non-Abelian anyons in quantum processor
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Re: A new phase of matter: Physicists show non-Abelian anyons in quantum processor
#12Isn’t it similar to the majorana anyons Microsoft hopes to use to build a topological quantum computer?
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#13I've always found it to be a bit of a stretch when they say they've demonstrated a new phase of matter when the phase is being simulated by a quantum computer. They've simulated the phase -- but then you get into the same argument of "what is and isn't a simulation of a phase of matter" which is really tiresome.
Way over my pay grade, but they appear to be claiming this is not just a simulation. Whether you agree may depend on your metaphysics. > These experiments go beyond merely simulating non-Abelian order and statistics. As we elaborate in A1, the data obtained from prior benchmarking [36] is compatible with the fact that both the quantum operations as well as the dominant imperfections follow the 2D geometry to which th…
Calling it a demonstration of a "phase" or "order" is fine to me, but IMO calling it "matter" is misleading. "Matter" to me implies some degree of passive existence. This is about as far from passive thing as possible.
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#14I've always found it to be a bit of a stretch when they say they've demonstrated a new phase of matter when the phase is being simulated by a quantum computer. They've simulated the phase -- but then you get into the same argument of "what is and isn't a simulation of a phase of matter" which is really tiresome.
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Re: A new phase of matter: Physicists show non-Abelian anyons in quantum processor
#15I've always found it to be a bit of a stretch when they say they've demonstrated a new phase of matter when the phase is being simulated by a quantum computer. They've simulated the phase -- but then you get into the same argument of "what is and isn't a simulation of a phase of matter" which is really tiresome.
Way over my pay grade, but they appear to be claiming this is not just a simulation. Whether you agree may depend on your metaphysics. > These experiments go beyond merely simulating non-Abelian order and statistics. As we elaborate in A1, the data obtained from prior benchmarking [36] is compatible with the fact that both the quantum operations as well as the dominant imperfections follow the 2D geometry to which th…
More to the point, theoretically they should be able to build quantum computers that don't need error correction.
If so, then down the road this will allow us to scale usable qbits much faster than our existing technologies. Which makes the prospect of usable quantum computers much more likely.
Re: A new phase of matter: Physicists show non-Abelian anyons in quantum processor
#16Isn’t it similar to the majorana anyons Microsoft hopes to use to build a topological quantum computer?
Similar but this is much closer to a simulation of the behavior of the excitations of the systems that microsoft hopes to create. That said, it's very useful simulation that could provide similar utility. I guess the closest analogy might be "we wrote a virtual machine" rather than "we built a computer."
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You're claiming to know what "non-Abelian anyons" are?
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You're claiming to know what "non-Abelian anyons" are?
No but I can probably pronounce the words.
Reminds me of the Rockwell Retro Encabulator: https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w?si=CzO1LM1d4k9f-I14