#quantum chip

Quantum simulated butterfly

Researchers from The Centre for Quantum Technologies teamed up with scientists at Google and successfully simulated the pattern of ‘Hofstader’s butterfly’ using photons in Google’s quantum chip.

This butterfly is a fractal structure characterising the splits and shifts of an electron’s energy levels with changes in magnetic field strength.

Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a quantum silicon chip that they say guarantees "absolute security" for computers and smartphones. The technology could be available commercially in less than five years.