Quantum computers move closer to reality, thanks to highly enriched and highly purified silicon

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Quantum Computers Move Closer to Reality, Thanks to Highly Enriched and Highly Purified Silicon

The quantum computer is a futuristic machine that could operate at speeds even more mind-boggling than the world's fastest super-computers.

SFU physicist Mike Thewalt and grad student Kamyar Saeedi with a sample of highly isotopically enriched silicon - its unique properties could advance quantum computing. (Credit: Image courtesy of Simon Fraser University)

Source: Science Daily

The big problem facing scientists trying to exploit quantum effects is that these effects are only apparent at tiny lengths (approaching the Planck's distance), making it very hard to find the mouse.