Namibian cuprous oxide gemstone could hold key to quantum computers - MINING.COM - MINING.com

Researchers found that a naturally mined cuprous oxide gemstone from Namibia can help produce Rydberg polaritons.

Rydberg polaritons switch continually from light to matter and back again. In Rydberg polaritons, light and matter are like two sides of a coin, and the matter side is what makes polaritons interact … [+1585 chars]

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