Stevens Researcher Tackles Obstacle to Quantum Computing
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The centennial Nobel Prize for Physics in 2001 was awarded to the researchers who first produced this condensate with a system of atoms, but doing so with molecules has proven to be more difficult.Dr. Malinovskaya has proposed the implementation of optical frequency combs, or pulsed electromagnetic waves, for cooling of internal degrees of freedom in molecules (rotations and vibrations that stand in the way of achievement of molecular condensate).The whole research group will participate with four presentations at the Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society which will take place next week, June 4 – 8, in Anaheim, California.Learn more: www.stevens.edu/ses/physics Hoboken, NJ, June 03, 2012 --( PR.com )-- Dr. Svetlana Malinovskaya of the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics recently presented a Physics Colloquium at University of Nevada, Reno, where she assessed the latest developments in the quantum control of ultra-cold atoms and molecules and proposed potential solutions to the problem of decoherence.Quantum control is essential to the establishment and implementation of quantum computing, an extremely fast and powerful technology that would use the quantum state of atoms and molecules to store information rather than the electrical switches currently used in computers.Dr. Malinovskaya has proposed the implementation of optical frequency combs, or pulsed electromagnetic waves, for cooling of internal degrees of freedom in molecules (rotations and vibrations that stand in the way of achievement of molecular condensate).