Albion College physicist shares in $900,000 NSF grant

Alexkid · 03-06-2010, 12:06 PM

Albion College physicist shares in $900,000 NSF grant to develop sensors for quantum computers
(AP) 12:21:45 PM (ET), Saturday, March 6, 2010 (ALBION, Mich.)
Albion College physicist Aaron Miller is helping lead a $900,000 federal study to harness individual particles of light for a faster new generation of computers.

Miller and his colleagues seek to develop detectors to use in what are known as quantum computers. A quantum of light is called a photon.

Sharing the grant are University of Virginia professor Olivier Pfister and Sae Woo Nam of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md.

Scientists have known for some time about the potential of quantum computers to achieve much higher operating speeds than current computers.

The National Science Foundation grant covers work on quantum computer hardware. Others are working on the software.
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Alexkid Your World & Experience Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Eastern Time Zone Posts: 5,629 Rep Power: 10	Albion College physicist shares in $900,000 NSF grant Albion College physicist shares in $900,000 NSF grant to develop sensors for quantum computers (AP) 12:21:45 PM (ET), Saturday, March 6, 2010 (ALBION, Mich.) Albion College physicist Aaron Miller is helping lead a $900,000 federal study to harness individual particles of light for a faster new generation of computers. Miller and his colleagues seek to develop detectors to use in what are known as quantum computers. A quantum of light is called a photon. Sharing the grant are University of Virginia professor Olivier Pfister and Sae Woo Nam of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md. Scientists have known for some time about the potential of quantum computers to achieve much higher operating speeds than current computers. The National Science Foundation grant covers work on quantum computer hardware. Others are working on the software. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New concept... The "Quantum" computer. No laughing matter. This could be the computer everyone is looking 4. __________________ Random Chatterer Originally Posted 8.3.10 by Brn2bfree Alex, ..People like you are the wind under my wings... You're the greatest!

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