MIT Physicists Make Breakthrough in Quantum Computing
Scientists at MIT have made an exciting discovery that could pave the way for more robust forms of quantum computing. The team has observed an exotic electronic state called the fractional quantum Hall effect in graphene, a material that was not previously expected to exhibit this phenomenon. This breakthrough could have significant implications for the development of fault-tolerant quantum computers.
The fractional quantum Hall effect occurs when electrons, which are the basic units of electricity, split into fractions of their whole charge. This splitting is rare and only occurs in special states of matter. Until now, the effect had only been observed a few times, and always under high magnetic fields. However, the MIT physicists have managed to observe the effect in five layers of graphene, without the need for a