A new epoch of quantum manipulation

作者：Han Yongjian; Wang Zhen; Guo Guang Can^*

来源：National Science Review, 2014, 1(1): 91-100.

DOI：10.1093/nsr/nwt024

• quantum manipulation
• quantum computation
• optical clock
• ion trap
• cavity QED

The behavior of individual microscopic particles, such as an atom (or a photon), predicted using quantum mechanics, is dramatically different from the behavior of classical particles, such as a planet, determined using classical mechanics. How can the counter-intuitive behavior of the microscopic particle be verified and manipulated experimentally? David Wineland and Serge Haroche, who were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2012, developed a set of methods to isolate the ions and photons from their environment to create a genuine quantum system. Furthermore, they also developed methods to measure and manipulate these quantum systems, which open a path not only to explore the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, but also to develop a much faster computer: a quantum computer.

• 出版日期2014-3
• 单位中国科学技术大学