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New Electronic State of Matter May Lead to Quantum Teleportation..
February 22, 2020. Scientists have observed a new state of electronic matter on the quantum scale, one that forms when electrons clump together in transit, and it could advance our understanding and application of quantum physics. Movement is key to this new quantum state.
Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh have discovered a new electronic state of matter that could lead to quantum computing and even the ability for quantum teleportation.
The study published on Feb. 14th in Science titled “Pascal conductance series in ballistic one-dimensional LaAIO3/SrTiO3 channels,” where electrons travel without scattering in groups of two or more versus individually, in one-dimensional conducting systems. The electrons are able to flow without bouncing, losing energy, or heating up.
Distinguished Professor of Condensed Matter Physics, Jeremy Levy co-authored the paper with Patrick Irvin a research associate professor.
Normally, electrons in semiconductors or metals move and scatter, and eventually drift in one direction if you apply a voltage. But in ballistic conductors, the electrons move more like cars on a highway. The advantage of that is they don’t give off heat and may be used in ways that are quite different from ordinary electronics. Researchers before us have succeeded in creating this kind of ballistic conductor.
The discovery we made shows that when electrons can be made to attract one another, they can form bunches of two, three, four and five electrons that literally behave like new types of particles, new forms of electronic matter.
Levy is excited about this discovery because this will help the overall advancement of quantum physics. These new electronic matter particles have properties related to quantum entanglement that can be used in quantum computing and quantum redistribution.
“This research falls within a larger effort here in Pittsburgh to develop new science and technologies related to the second quantum revolution,” said Levy who is also the director of the Pittsburgh Quantum Institute.
“In the first quantum revolution people discovered the world around them was governed fundamentally by laws of quantum physics. That discovery led to an understanding of the periodic table, how materials behave and helped in the development of transistors, computers, MRI scanners, and information technology
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