{"id":118418,"date":"2021-01-12T11:23:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T19:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/the-realization-of-a-single-quantum-dot-heat-valve"},"modified":"2021-01-12T11:23:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T19:23:24","slug":"the-realization-of-a-single-quantum-dot-heat-valve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/the-realization-of-a-single-quantum-dot-heat-valve","title":{"rendered":"The realization of a single-quantum-dot heat valve"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While many research teams worldwide are trying to develop highly performing quantum computers, some are working on tools to control the flow of heat inside of them. Just like conventional computers, in fact, quantum computers can heat up significantly as they are operating, which can ultimately damage both the devices and their surroundings.<\/p>\n

A team of researchers at University Grenoble Alpes in France and Centre of Excellence\u2014Quantum Technology in Finland has recently developed a single-quantum-dot heat valve, a device<\/a> that can help to control the flow of heat in single-quantum-dot junctions. This heat valve, presented in a paper published in Physical Review Letters<\/i>, could help to prevent quantum computers from overheating.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the miniaturization of electronic components handling of excess heat at nanoscales has become an increasingly important issue to be addressed,\u201d Nicola Lo Gullo, one of the researchers who carried out the study, told Phys.org. \u201cThis is especially true when one wants to preserve the quantum nature of a device; the increase in temperature does typically result in the degradation of the quantum properties. The recent realization of a photonic heat-valve by another research group<\/a> ultimately inspired us to create a heat valve based on a solid-state quantum dot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While many research teams worldwide are trying to develop highly performing quantum computers, some are working on tools to control the flow of heat inside of them. Just like conventional computers, in fact, quantum computers can heat up significantly as they are operating, which can ultimately damage both the devices and their surroundings. A team [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,4,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-nanotechnology","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}