Mechanical qubits in nanotubes and quantum superposition

[marlon]

Anybody read the Scientific American article on them socalled mechanical qubits ?

This idea is like this : suppose you have a rope of 10cm long, when you press is together at both ends it will bend towards the right and left side. Now, if you replace this rope by a nanotube of a few nanometers long and you press it together it will evolve in a superposition of bent to the left and bent to the right. This is discovered by Franco Nori from the U of Michigan. To compress the tubes one can do this mechanically or electrically. Is there anybody who can provide me with more info on this very interesting topic ?


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marlon

 

[marlon]

nobody here reads scientific american ?

marlon

 

[dlgoff]

nobody here reads scientific american ?

marlon

I searched and found the pdf version of the article. Just amazing.

I couldn't find anything else about the mechanical devices.

Thanks for the info.

Regards

 

[LURCH]

I searched and found the pdf version of the article. Just amazing.

I couldn't find anything else about the mechanical devices.

Thanks for the info.

Regards

Could you link to it? Sounds pretty interestign.

 

[dlgoff]

Could you link to it? Sounds pretty interestign.

Look at "Brief Summary in Scientific American (April 2005)" at http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~nori/

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Don