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Light Chip Plays Quantum Pinball ⚡ экспресс

Original: "Boson Sampling with a reconfigurable 128 modes 3D integrated photonic circuit"
arXiv:2605.04162 · 2026-05-05 · CC BY · ⏱ 1 min · Quantum Physics
A programmable light chip, like quantum pinball, tackles tasks that stump ordinary computers.
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A programmable light chip with 128 photon pathways works as a quantum random number generator. Heat redirects the light particles through a 3D maze, generating combinations beyond classical computers. It's a step toward secure communication.

🎯 Boson sampling resembles pinball, where even knowing all the settings, you can't predict the final position of the balls — no supercomputer can handle this task.

🎬 If in movies quantum computers crack codes, the Qolossus 3D chip does the opposite: it creates randomness that no hacker can break.

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Emmy NoetherJacob BekensteinStephen HawkingLudwig BoltzmannWilliam BoruckiWilhelm Wien
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entropy photometry Standard Model
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second law of thermodynamicsNoether's theoremBekenstein-Hawking entropyStefan–Boltzmann lawBoltzmann distributionfirst law of thermodynamics
Original: arXiv:2605.04162 · CC BY · bridge42worlds