Quantum optics on-a-chip

片上量子光学

• 批准号: 349868-2007
• 负责人: Young, Jeff
• 金额: $ 2.91万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=431119
• 关键词: Quantum; optics; chip

The semiconductor "chips" that can be found in all computers, cell-phones, etc. consist of very dense arrays of "transistors" that are used to control the flow of electrical current through literally kilometres of tiny wires embedded in the chip. The voltage pulses applied to each of several million transistors are exquisitely choreographed so that the chip performs the logical operations and data storage required to carry out the instructions written by software engineers. Although this technology is obviously incredibly powerful, it is not omnipotent, and there are certain tasks that digital electronic circuits are incapable of performing, and many others that they can perform with very poor efficiency.

所有计算机、手机等中都可以找到的半导体“芯片”由非常密集的“晶体管”阵列组成，这些“晶体管”阵列用于控制通过嵌入芯片中的数公里细小电线的电流流动。 施加到数百万个晶体管中每个晶体管的电压脉冲都经过精心设计，以便芯片执行软件工程师编写的指令所需的逻辑运算和数据存储。 尽管这项技术显然非常强大，但它并不是万能的，有些任务是数字电子电路无法执行的，而许多其他任务它们可以以非常低的效率执行。