Lasers used to throw and catch single atoms for first time

Extremely chilly atoms had been thrown with one laser beam and caught with one other. The method could possibly be utilized in quantum computing

By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Lasers have been used to throw and catch extraordinarily chilly, single atoms. The method could possibly be used to assemble quantum computer systems sooner or later.

To prepare atoms which are nearly as chilly as absolute zero into totally different configurations, researchers sometimes seize and carry them utilizing very centered laser beams referred to as optical tweezers. Jaewook Ahn on the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea and his colleagues wished to discover a solution to minimise the period of time the optical tweezers …