On: New Optical Switch Up to 1000x Faster Than Transis...

[sleepy_keita]

> the new optical switch works at room temperature

[fiddlerwoaroof → sleepy_keita]

This is what I get for skimming the article.

[neltnerb → sleepy_keita]

These sound a lot like room temperature optical qubits... I'm certain I am missing something but this sounds pretty neat.

[rocqua → neltnerb]

They probably aren't in a superposition, let alone entangled with each other.

[neltnerb → rocqua]

Gotcha, if I am reading this right the mechanism for the switch is quantum but the property is not. So no different in that regard than in semiconductors where the underlying behavior is due to quantum mechanics but the actual computing elements are functioning like analog non-linear elements.

Thanks!

[brokensegue → neltnerb]

they aren't quantum

[westurner → brokensegue]

Are they polarized photons though?