LSCI 106

LSCI 106: ONLINE RESEARCH 1: INTRODUCTION TO ONLINE RESEARCH

Student Project

RESEARCH QUESTION:
What experiment (laboratory equipment) in quantum theory lead to the development of quantum entanglement as it relates to Quantum Computing?

I choose this research question because of an article I saw a couple of years ago on recent Nobel Prize winners of chemistry and physics. The award was for the creation of a Bose-Einstein condensate. It is analogous to a L.A.S.E.R. Instead of light particles, photons, the Bose-Einstein condensate is a coherent beam of larger particles called ions. The article went on to say the condensate was predicted by Albert Einstein back around 1905 but here was no way to produce it with the technology of the day. Further experimentation with the condensate lead to the entanglement states of the ions. This entanglement may lead to a new type of Quantum Computer.

General Worksheet

CONCEPT

1. Quantum Computer Nano Computer Molecular Computer

2. Physics Experiment Quantum Theory Quantum Entanglement

3. Nobel Laureate Nobel Physics Nobel Chemistry

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last revised: 5-16-03 by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA

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