Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

What happens if the electrical energy is not attenuated during transmission?

What happens if a computer has exponential speed and perfect accuracy?

On this question, Professor Duncan Holdan once gave a standard answer. And in the fall of 2016, the physicist and two other companions won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for "discovering topological changes and topological phases of matter"!

Simply put, through rigorous experiments, they have found that even the smallest micromaterials can exhibit macroscopic properties and have topological facies.

It sounds kind of hard to understand, and if you want to understand it, you have to understand the concept of topology.

It is well known that mathematicians tend to look at problems differently than the average person, and they are often accustomed to looking at the essence through phenomena. Topology is a discipline that studies the properties of geometry or space that remain unchanged after successive changes in shape.

One of the most classic examples is that for a topologist, doughnuts and coffee cups all look the same because they all have a hole.

Because there is only one hole, you can transform the doughnut into a coffee cup through a smooth transformation process, and vice versa… even though this may seem a little difficult to understand or even unknown to the average person, in fact, because of this mathematical approach, scholars in other fields have discovered a lot of interesting things.

Especially in the field of physics and materials, many of the surprising discoveries of the 1980s were based on topological approaches that provided a theoretical basis.

However, while people have always been accustomed to applying topology to solving problems in the macro world, there is little doubt as to whether topology can be used against subatomic particles such as electrons and photons.

Because they are all influenced by the peculiar laws of quantum physics, their size, location and even morphology are in a state of uncertainty.

However, the Nobel Prize for Physics of 16 years gave a positive answer to this proposition.

Even these subatoms of the micro world are topological!

This theory obviously has no impact on everyday life, but it does open the door to a new world for the field of electronic engineering!

In a wonderful quantum world, these properties exhibit remarkable stability and some remarkable properties at some particular stage of matter. The most typical example of this is the topological insulator.

This property, found particularly in graphene materials, directly led to the birth of SG-1 superconducting materials, as well as carbon-based chips.

At the same time, this nature also drives research into quantum computation.

According to the principles of a quantum computer, it stores information in a thing called a qubit, mainly through the property that subatomic particles can be in different states at the same time. And because of that, quantum computers can solve problems at exponential speeds compared to traditional computers.

The problem, however, is that the subatomic particles that store the data are very fragile, unlike stable atoms, and even minor disturbances can change its state.

That's what quantum mechanics calls "retrogression” - any environmental impact could lead to the collapse of quantum bit entanglement!

To solve the problem, either noise reduction, anti-interference, or both, whichever technical route you take, you have to stabilize the subatomic particles.

And this is one of the core challenges of quantum computer research and development.

It is also a topic that the Ark has been studying for days...

Jinling Institute of Higher Studies, underground three-story laboratory.

Originally used as an empty room in the spare sample room, it is being filled with a bunch of newly purchased equipment.

These include multifunctional property measurement systems, stepper gauges, vibration sample magnetometers, high and low temperature magnetic resistance testers, and in-situ freeze-dryers, which, although not luxurious in array, can also be said to be sparrows with all their dirt.

In addition to these equipment, which are essential for the study of carbon materials, there is also a photocured 3D printer with a maximum accuracy of up to 8 microns, which is mainly used to print the plastic molds needed for the experiment.

A thumb-sized film was carefully placed in a magnetically controlled sputtering atomic layer deposition device, and the ark carefully controlled the data on the experimental table and set new experimental parameters on the computer.

After all this work, he finally relieved himself and knocked the return button on the keyboard.

The green light came on and the equipment in the lab started to work.

Returning to the office chair next to him with the coffee, he sat down, and the ark glanced at the watch, thinking of sending something to bore him for a while, when Em controlled the drone to roam from side to side.

Xiao Ae: [Master! Just for a moment! Something super surprising happened! φ (≥ ω ≤ *) ♪]

The line of sight focused half a metre in the air in front of the small television, and the ark lifted its eyelids, some unexpectedly speaking.

“Did you upgrade? ”

Em: [Eh? You know everything?! Σ (° △ ° |||) ●]

Ark: “…”

Is this guy upgraded or demoted...

Sighing in his heart, the ark ignored it, closing his eyes and entering the system space.

Branch technology serves as the backbone of system tasks, and the accumulation of experience in artificial intelligence and informatics experience is synchronized. As soon as Em's level went up to LV4, his informatics level also went up from LV4 to LV5.

And the moment you upgrade, even if you don't enter the system space, you can see the dialog box prompt…

……

[G. Informatics: LV5 (0.3 million)]

Confirmed the attribute panel after the change, the ark thoughtfully touched the chin.

Indeed, as he speculated, the accumulation of progress bars can be accelerated by observing the various behaviors of players in the virtual reality world. In other words, the experience that the AI branch actually needs is actually a sociological experience?

Now, however, the Ark doesn't have a lot of mind on Egg, and after going into the system space and just looking at its own properties panel and the progress bars of branch technology, it turns consciousness back into the real world.

He opened his eyes and saw that little TV staring at the quad had been shaking in front of him for half a day.

Em: [Master, don't you exaggerate Em? (* Ω *)]

Ark: “Well done. ”

Em: [Good luck! QAQ]

“… the time seems to be running out. ”

Pretending not to see the dialog box on the small TV, the ark looked down at the time on the watch and muttered to himself.

As if to confirm his sentence, not far from the instrument, the light jumped from green to red.

At first sight, the ark immediately ordered the way.

“Em, turn on the in-situ freeze dryer. ”

Xiao Ai: [Roger! (○ 3 ′ ○)]

Even though she was extremely reluctant, Em followed suit.

I just don't know if it's his illusion, it always feels like this little guy's reaction is getting more emotional... or in other words, more and more human?

I don't know if this is a good thing.

Ultimately, the way artificial intelligence handles information and the human brain are two completely different sets of rules, one determined by logic and the other by emotion-dominated logic.

Perhaps its existence will give birth to a whole new species?

Of course, it's too early to say that.

As its “guardian”, the Ark can only say that it has fulfilled its responsibilities and has taken a step forward.

At least for the present performance, the little guy is still quite good at what he says, plays the role of a little assistant both in life and in research, and absolutely obeys his orders without compromise.

Seems a little redundant to worry about yourself?

With Ai's help, the ark transferred the samples from the magnetically controlled sputtered atomic layer deposition equipment to the in-situ freeze-dryer, lyophilized the carbon-based chip samples, and then carefully observed this thin-film-shaped chip by means of a gold-phase microscope, and recorded the experimental data on a book beside it.

Now that he has more than 30,000 points, according to the system's price, it takes 120,000 points to redeem the full set of quantum computer technologies.

In fact, however, this valuation contains a lot of moisture.

If you split a problem and ask an unresolved question based on one that has already been solved by academia, you can spend more than five times less points!

To date, he has spent 20,000 points to overcome several key bottlenecks in the study, while the remainder is based on some of the promotional work he has done, combining his knowledge of carbon materials, Mott insulators and Mayoranafemites, by reviewing the results of some of his predecessors' studies.

For example, a topoinsulator carbon material containing mayoranafemic, and a single atomic width superconductor layer are superimposed on it without affecting mayoranafemic stability.

In this particular topological material, the subatoms can be protected.

In other words, the quantum bits formed under this topology do not change due to some minor or partial interference. It is far more stable than ordinary quantum bits and allows our quantum calculations to address the answers we want in a more precise and efficient manner.

These efforts saved at least 100,000 points for the Ark.

It is precisely these jobs that give him the opportunity to spend points on the knife's edge.

This is also an expression of the phrase "knowledge is power”.

The last step of all the experiments was carefully completed, and the ark placed a thin layer of translucent graphene like a cicada on a pre-prepared circuit mold.

It was like a perfect piece of art at the end, with a heartfelt smile on his face.

“Each performance test meets expectations. ”

“Perfect for selling! ”

“… it turns out that Mayorana Fermico is the perfect choice for making quantum computers! ”

The rest is to verify whether these days' efforts and the 20,000 points he spent are worth it.

By pressing the energized button, the ark's heart almost mentioned the voice eye.

Almost instantaneously.

Just at the same time he pressed the button, the pre-set program ran on this film. Signals processed and output through logic circuits reached the display screen, which quickly presented a clear line of characters-

HelloWorld

Looking at the characters beating on the screen, the hearts of the ark suddenly rejoiced, fists squeezed dead, excitedly almost didn't jump.

“It worked!”

He subconsciously shouted out the excitement in his heart, causing the ark to be frightened by his own behavior, and rushed to check the operation of the equipment.

When I saw this “thin-film” chip running steadily, and it didn't lead to the "collapse of the quantum bit entanglement" because of its own cheer of more than eighty sheets, the face of the ark finally showed a heartfelt reassuring smile.

Looks like this time…

It's true!