Will Using Paradoxes in Diamonds Help Make a Better Quantum Computer?
Jay Don Scott
8th Grade Science
Mr. Oz’s Class
Sonoran Science Academy 30th September, 2013
A
quantum computer is a computer that exploits the quantum mechanical
properties of superposition in order to allow a single operation to act
on a large number of pieces of data(Mifflen, 2002). Quantum Computers
were discovered in 1980 by Yuri Manin and in 1892 by Richard
Faynman. Quantum computers are used to quickly crunch numbers that
would normally take a person a life time (Warner, 2013). For example,
mapping trillions of amino acids in futuristic drug cures. Quantum
computers get used in places where you are trying to find an a huge
number. Characteristics of a quantum computer is that it uses quibits
instead of bits. A quibit or a quantum bit is a unit of quantum
information(The Limits of Quantum).
The
quantum zeno effect was first observed in 1989 in laser-cooled ions
trapped by magnetic and electric fields(Reich, 2013). The person who
found out about paradoxes in diamonds was Oliver Benson(Reich, 2013). A
paradox is a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth(Reich, 2013).
.The
researchers focused on nitrogen–vacancy (NV) centers, imperfections in
diamond that arise where an atom of nitrogen and an empty space replace
carbon atoms at two neighboring spots in the crystal lattice. The team
used microwaves to change the magnetic spin state of an electron located
at an NV center, and then used a laser beam to trigger red fluorescence
that revealed which of two possible states the electron was in at any
given moment. When they measured the NV center in this way, the
researchers found that the oscillation between the two states was
disrupted — just as would be expected if the quantum Zeno effect were
operating(Reich, 2013).
This concludes my background research rough draft.
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Eugenie, R. (2013, August 20). Quantum paradox seen in diamond. Retrieved from http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=quantum-paradox-seen-in-diamond
Adam, S. (2002). Doctoring adam smith: The fable of the diamonds and water paradox.
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