{"id":2187,"date":"2014-07-05T17:01:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T22:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2014-07-09T12:37:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T17:37:48","slug":"could-graphene-help-power-quantum-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/could-graphene-help-power-quantum-computers\/","title":{"rendered":"Could graphene help power quantum computers?<img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2213\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/image00210.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2213\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2213\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/image00210.png\" alt=\"If two layers of graphene - a single-atom-thick layer of carbon atoms similar to the graphite found in pencils - are sandwiched together and subjected to a magnetic field, they host strange quasiparticles called anyons that could be used to build qubits, the bits of information processed by quantum computers. (Image credit: Zlatko Papi\u0107)\" width=\"400\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/image00210.png 400w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/image00210-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If two layers of graphene &#8211; a single-atom-thick layer of carbon atoms similar to the graphite found in pencils &#8211; are sandwiched together and subjected to a magnetic field, they host strange quasiparticles called anyons that could be used to build qubits, the bits of information processed by quantum computers. (Image credit: Zlatko Papi\u0107)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Researchers have found experimental evidence of strange quasiparticles in graphene that could be used as qubits, the bits of information processed by quantum computers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Graphene is a single-atom-thick lattice of carbon, but when two layers are sandwiched together and subjected to a magnetic field, strange entities can exist at the interface. Unlike the 3D world in which fundamental particles \u2013 fermions and bosons \u2013 have strictly defined properties, in the 2D universe of graphene they can meet halfway, becoming anyons. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">If the newly-detected quasiparticles turn out to be of a certain type known as \u201cnon-Abelian anyons\u201d they can be used to make qubits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/content\/345\/6192\/61.abstract?sid=598e9d37-26aa-4e28-8ed3-af3954825612\" target=\"_blank\">Original research paper<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0published in the journal\u00a0<em>Science\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0<strong>July 4,\u00a02014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Dmitry Abanin,\u00a0University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Zlatko Papi\u0107, University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have found experimental evidence of strange quasiparticles in graphene that could be used as qubits, the bits of information processed by quantum computers. Graphene is a single-atom-thick lattice of carbon, but when two layers are sandwiched together and subjected to a magnetic field, strange entities can exist at the interface. 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