September 21, 2018
Intellectual Property Rights: China’s Threat to World Quantum Computing. Intellectual Property Rights add to the ‘fire of genius’ by protecting an innovator’s invention. Such protections fuel inventiveness. But what happens when China gets involved with secret intellectual property rights agreements or outright theft? Considered ‘the principal infringer’ of IPRs, a 2017 study concluded up to ½ trillion U.S. dollars per year are lost to China’s theft of U.S. intellectual property. A quick and captivating report which helps put together the importance of the U.S. stance with China on trade. This report is found in Forbes…
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Intellectual Property Rights: China’s Threat to World Quantum Computing
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Replacing Schrodinger’s Cat With A Physicist
Florida International University Quantum Information Processing
September 19, 2018
Cold-Atom Research Supports Elements of Quantum Computing. The People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), located in Moscow, engaged scientists from the University of Hamburg to study quantum properties. Their study encompassed super-cooled atoms and ion systems at nearly absolute zero. The extreme temperature is needed to slow the quantum physical processes to such a point the processes may be measured; in this experiment the atoms were considered “trapped.” The team “developed a mathematical method reducing multi-dimensional calculations to a system of one-dimensional equations to…describe atomic systems with different parameters (intensity of effective interparticle interaction, initial state population, and particle energy).” “The developed algorithm provides for the calculation of collisions of atoms and ions to each other and the trap.” This hybrid atom-ion trap is seen as providing support to modelling the elements of quantum computers. Read the full reference at PHYS.org…
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Quantum Computing and Cryptography; Bruce Schneier
Post Quantum Computing’s Importance
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Cold Atom Research Supports Elements of Quantum Computing
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Essential Elements of Scaling Quantum Computers
Quantum Communications Satellite Commercialization
September 18, 2018
“Control-Knob” for Quantum Topology Opens ‘Enormous Possibilities.’ Princeton physicists have directed the flow of electrons at will using a scanning tunneling spectromicroscope with a rotatable magnetic field. [See image]. “The spectromicroscope has a resolution less than half the size of an atom, allowing it to scan individual atoms and detect details of their electrons while measuring the electrons’ energy and spin distribution.” This capability resulted in the discovery of the tunable electron flow direction. “This level of manipulability opens enormous possibilities for next-generation nanotechnologies and quantum computing.” This report is found here at ScienceDaily…
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Quantum Computing and Cryptography: For the Newbie
Cybersecurity Professional? Get Ready, Now
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U.S. House of Representatvies Passes Quantum Initiative
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“Control-Knob” for Quantum Topology Opens Enormous Possibilities
“Promising Option for Building Qubits”
September 14, 2018
High-Speed Quantum Internet. Japanese industry research and development teams have enabled a quantum key distribution (QKD) network over a distance of 7 kilometers with a speed over 10 Mbps. The network was constructed with designated fiber-optic lines transmitting photons encoded with data encryption keys. The teams developed the software to manage the crypto-keys, encryption algorithms, and coordinating routines to operate this first-ever, successful, and highly-secure network of the coming quantum era. This report is found here at Toshiba Corporation…
Japanese QKD Network enabled by quantum physics. (Image credit: Toshiba)
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3 Ways to Stymie Quantum’s Threat to Data Security
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Is The U.S. Behind in Quantum Computing?
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Interface Between Quantum Network and Quantum Computer Devised
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September 13, 2018
Identical Photons Created with Silicon Chips. University of Maryland researchers have overcome the challenge of creating multiple identical photons. Through the use of silicon and infrared light, the team designed silicon loops which enable “many pairs of single photons out of the silicon chip.” The challenge was in producing photons of nearly identical frequency (color) with different chips. The loops permitted the photons to travel the edge of the silicon chip, undisturbed, regardless of the imperfections of the chip. A benefit is the production of the photons at room temperature, no cryogenics needed. “This could have implications for a variety of fields where light-matter interactions play a role, including quantum information science and optoelectronic technology.” This report is found at the University of Maryland…
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National Security Collaboration Center to be Built
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Identical Photons Created with Silicon Chips
Information Processing Using Atoms
Manipulating Quantum Properties with Magnetism Gets Greener
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Patriot Day, 2018
The Amazon of Quantum Cloud Computing? Rigetti, arguably the world leader in the race to quantum advantage, is offering quantum cloud computing services to anyone. To encourage participation, the company has put up an award of $1M for the first organization which produces an application achieving quantum advantage. Chemical manufacturers, finance giants, and the military, to name several sectors, stand to gain in immeasurable ways once this feat has been accomplished.
More on Rigetti’s quantum computing services at Fast Company…
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Quantum Computing App for Biotech
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The Amazon of Quantum Cloud Computing?
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