Dilution Refrigerator (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Dilution Refrigerator

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Spin qubits, which could be the core logic elements of quantum computers, are cooled in a device called a dilution refrigerator to temperatures near absolute zero in order to exploit the mysterious rules of quantum mechanics.

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Princeton University, Office of Communications, Brian Wilson

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