Classical vs. Quantum
People
Qubit Properties
QEC
100
The principle that a qubit can be in some combination of ground/excited state
What is superposition
100
The man who questioned Copenhagen's theory with a feline thought experiment
Who is Schrodinger
100
Name for special type of superconducting qubit, created by Yale scientists in 2007
What is transmon qubit
100
An entangled state between a microscopic (atom or qubit) object and a macroscopic (ex. oscillator) object
What is a Schrodinger cat
200
The structure that allows for visualization of the idea that a qubit can be in some combination of ground/excited state
What is the Bloch sphere
200
The actor holding two cats in that very weird picture
Who is Steve Martin
200
A furry state of diametrically opposed superpositions at the same time.
What is a cat state
200
Loss of superposition, via measurement or random error
What is decoherence
300
Number of guesses, on average, it takes for a qubit to check 4 cards to see if one of them is a 7.
What is 1
300
The person that invented an important Quantum Error Correction tool
Who is Steane
300
A simple change between two measurements of a qubit, resulting in decoherence.
What is a quantum jump
300
The standard tool for QEC, using the Hamming code to correct for qubit flip errors.
What is Steane code
400
Number of guesses, on average, it takes for a classical bit to check 4 cards to see if one of them is a 7.
What is 2.25
400
The person for whom the observation that coherence increases 10 times for every three years was named for
Who is Schoelkopf
400
The task that forces a qubit to "choose" either ground or excited, thus destroying the superposition
What is measurement
400
An proposed error syndrome for QEC.
What is photon parity
500
The general rule for determining the number of classical bits encoded for in N qubits
What is 2*((2^N)-1), with n = number of qubits
500
The man who sent a postcard to Bohr that "confirmed" Bohr's theory.
Who is Gerlach
500
The binding principle that allows qubits to interact in some way that their states are not independent
What is entanglement
500
The architecture used to create Schoelkopf's Schrodinger cat that has potential as a QEC tool
What is two-cavity architecture
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