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Chip-based laser cooling could ease quantum computing bottleneck
Researchers at Cornell have developed a laser-cooling technique that could potentially remove a significant bottleneck in the development of larger, faster quantum computers.
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Researchers at Cornell have created a laser‑cooling method that could alleviate a major bottleneck in scaling quantum computers. The technique, detailed in a Nov. 9 paper in PRX Quantum, uses specially designed laser beams transmitted through a microfabricated chip to cool several forms of atomic motion at once. By targeting multiple motion types simultaneously, the approach aims to enable larger, faster quantum processors. The work highlights a chip‑based pathway for improving quantum‑hardware performance.
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