Phys.org  November 29, 2021 It is challenging to construct large numbers of gates for photons and connect them in a reliable fashion to perform complex calculations. Researchers at Stanford University have proposed a scalable architecture for a photonic quantum computer using readily available components – a fiber optic cable, a beam splitter, a pair of optical switches and an optical cavity, and the size of the machine doesn’t increase with the size of the quantum program you want to run. The design consists of two main sections – a storage ring and a scattering unit. The storage ring is a fiber […]