Speaker 0:  quantum computing has always been trapped in deep freeze labs, colder than deep space, but stanford just broke it out into the real world by twisting light like a corkscrew. they have created a nanoscaled quantum chip that runs flawlessly at room temperature. so room temperature quantum breakthrough has finally been achieved. the stanford scientists have achieved a nanoscaled chip that uses spiraling, twisted light to stably entangle photons and electrons. this allows quantum information to be transferred without the massive expensive cryogenic cooling systems traditionally required to prevent data decoherence. this bridges the gap between a fragile quantum state and existing fiber optic networks, effectively unlocking the door for unhackable citywide quantum communication infrastructure. what do you think about this, john?

Speaker 1:  yeah. i think this is really cool. so let's for those of you that don't know why quantum computers usually need extreme cooling, they use what's called superconducting qubits. and so these systems must be cooled to millikelvin temperatures. often, we're talking 10 to 20 kelvin above absolute zero because quantum information is extremely fragile. and what heat does is it causes atoms and electrons to vibrate, and that creates noise. and that noise destroys quantum states through a process called decoherence. so cryogenic cooling suppresses that noise and allows qubits to maintain their quantum properties long enough to perform calculations. and so the refrigerating infrastructure often becomes larger and more expensive than the quantum processor itself. i don't know if you've seen pictures of it, but, it's kinda cool. so let's talk about twisted light. so the stanford team created a nanoscale silicon structure that generates what physics call twisted light or light carrying orbital angular momentum. so normally, photons travel in relatively straightforward wave patterns. twisted light behaves differently. in twisted light, the photons rotate in a corkscrew like pattern as they travel through space. the twisting carries additional quantum information beyond what ordinary light can hold. so think of it this way. traditional light is like a straight arrow. twisted light is like a spinning football. and so the twist, that creates an additional degree of freedom that can be used to encode and transfer quantum information. so the key innovation here is linking photons and electrons. and so one of the biggest challenges in quantum technology is connecting light based quantum systems with matter based quantum systems. so photons are excellent for transmitting information, and electrons are excellent for storing information. right? so the stanford device creates entanglement between photon spins and electron spins. and this is important because entanglement is the foundation of quantum communication. so i think this is really cool. i love i always love, advancements in quantum. what are your thoughts on this, craig? do you have a better a better way of, describing this?

Speaker 0:  i like your football analogy, throwing a spiral versus not. just think of this update like trying to pass data across a chaotic crowded room using a smooth metal rod versus a threaded screw. normal waves of light travel flat like a smooth rod. if the room gets hot, noisy, the rod slips, vibrates, and loses its grip, destroying the data. so stanford's twisted light acts like a precision, threaded screw. as it spirals through the chip, it physical corkscrew shape locks tightly into the targeted electrons. the mechanical grip keeps the connection rock solid, even admits the buzzing thermal heat of an average room. so that's kinda my analogy. i don't know if that helps anybody, but,

Speaker 1:  no. it makes sense. and oh, go ahead. okay. the thing is this isn't really a quantum computing breakthrough. k? this is more like a quantum information breakthrough because the device itself is not a full quantum computer. it solves a critical problem of reliably transferring quantum information between light and matter without extreme cooling. that's that's what i like about this. so we've covered a lot of quantum computer computing breakthrough. we've also covered quantum information and transfer and all that sort of stuff, but this is different, and this is really cool.

Speaker 0:  this chip explicitly targets the fifteen fifty nanometer wavelength, which is the exact standard telecom bam used for global fiber optic cables today, and that's the bridge we're talking about to get from this quantum state to a normal, network. the molybdenum diselenide, i butchered those. belongs to a class of two d wonder materials. when isolated to a single layer of atoms, its physical properties fundamentally shift, transforming it from an ordinarily bulk semiconductor into a highly efficient quantum playground capable of manipulating electron spin. silicon, photonics is currently the primary battleground for semiconductor giants like intel, tsmc, and nvidia. they are aggressively pouring billions into the co packaging package optics because traditional copper wiring has hit its physical bottleneck for speed in modern ai data centers. and while the concept of light carrying orbital angular momentum, om, was mathematically proven back in 1992 by dutch physicist allen, the tech community spent decades insisting that capturing and transforming this twist inside solid state microchip at room temperature was physically impossible. so stanford just dragged quantum networking out of that cryogenic deep freeze and proved that the next generation of a hackable data security will be built on standard scalable silicon. do you think we will actually see commercial quantum chips inside everyday consumer hardware by 2036, or is this just a ten year timeline, just a venture capital hype? let us know in the comments. we'd love to hear from.