Google researchers made a time crystal inside a quantum computer

A time crystal is a unique phase of matter that flips between two states with no energy input necessary – first proposed in 2012, this type of matter has now been created inside a quantum computer built by Google

Google researchers made a time crystal inside a quantum computer
Technology 3 August 2021

By Matthew Sparkes

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A processor for Google’s Sycamore quantum computer

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A unsocial signifier of substance called a clip crystal, which tin successful mentation flip betwixt 2 states everlastingly with nary vigor input indispensable has been created wrong a quantum machine built by Google. The find is 1 of the archetypal real-world problems solved by a quantum computer, and could besides beryllium harnessed to amended them.

A crystal tin signifier retired of a worldly erstwhile its components signifier stable, repeating patterns. At this constituent it’s said to person mislaid spatial symmetry – it nary longer …

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