Researchers from the University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr Institute have developed a way to create quantum memory, a feat doubted as possible because of how such memory would require data to stay in the quantum state. In essence, the team theorizes creating mechanical memory for quantum data using quantum drums.
Mads Bjerregaard Kristensen of the Niels Bohr Institute, lead author on the project, said of the breakthrough “This opens up great perspectives for the day when quantum computers can really do what we expect them to. Quantum memory is likely to be fundamental for sending quantum information over distances. So, what we’ve developed is a crucial piece in the very foundation for an internet of the future with quantum speed and quantum security.”
Excerpt from www.futurity.org
The results demonstrate that mechanical memory for quantum data could be the strategy that paves the way for an ultra-secure internet with incredible speeds.