Using laser beams,
scientists have created a new type of quantum matter with crystalline
properties.
How insanely expensive
diamonds, and quite affordable graphite composed of atoms of the same element -
carbon. Fine - but significantly affects the properties of these substances and
their value - the difference between the two materials is the geometry of
packing of atoms. In this case, the same substance can be both graphite and
diamond. In the normal world ... But in the quantum world have its own laws.
A group of physicists
from the Max Planck Institute and the University of Munich LMU, Germany, with the
help of laser beams has translated several of rubidium atoms in the so-called
Rydberg state characterized by a high degree of excitation of the atom. In this
case, scientists have obtained a substance that is a superposition of
well-defined crystal structures. In other words, researchers have something
that is, if we speak the language of our example, or graphite or diamond - the
exact structure of the resulting material will be identified only by his
observation.
The scientists say
their discovery could be used in quantum information processing systems.
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