Tiny sound waves could help solve a major quantum computing problem

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Phys.org / ScienceDaily (tech) at 12 Sept, 14:08 UTC

Researchers at Harvard have demonstrated a way to protect quantum information using microscopic sound waves. By continuously surrounding a diamond-based qubit with mechanical vibrations, they extended its coherence time by roughly threefold. The same phonons could eventually both transmit and…