{"id":13786,"date":"2022-08-16T05:28:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T12:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=13786"},"modified":"2022-08-19T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:30:00","slug":"scientists-blast-atoms-with-fibonacci-laser-to-make-an-extra-dimension-of-time-live-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=13786","title":{"rendered":"“Scientists blast atoms with Fibonacci laser to make an ‘extra’ dimension of time”, Live Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ben Turner, August 16, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

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The technique could be used to protect quantum computer data from errors.<\/em><\/p>\n

By firing a Fibonacci laser pulse at atoms inside a quantum computer, physicists have created a completely new, strange phase of matter that behaves as if it has two dimensions of time.<\/p>\n

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The new phase was made by firing lasers at 10 ytterbium ions inside a quantum computer.<\/span> (Image credit: Jurik Peter via Shutterstock)<\/span><\/div>\n
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The new phase of matter<\/u><\/a>, created by using lasers to rhythmically jiggle a strand of 10 ytterbium ions, enables scientists to store information in a far more error-protected way, thereby opening the path to quantum computers<\/u><\/a> that can hold on to data for a long time without becoming garbled. The researchers outlined their findings in a paper published July 20 in the journal Nature<\/u><\/a>(opens in new tab)<\/span>.<\/div>\n