New form of light: Newly observed optical state could enable quantum computing

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New form of light: Newly observed optical state could enable quantum computing with photons

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-newly-opti...antum.html

I dunno to what extent this might apply to OA's computing model, perhaps competing with plasma processors or clarifying how they work, for example.

In a paper published today in the journal Science, the team, led by Vladan Vuletic, the Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics at MIT, and Professor Mikhail Lukin from Harvard University, reports that it has observed groups of three photons interacting and, in effect, sticking together to form a completely new kind of photonic matter.

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Vuletic says the results demonstrate that photons can indeed attract, or entangle each other. If they can be made to interact in other ways, photons may be harnessed to perform extremely fast, incredibly complex quantum computations.