A Sieve for Quantum Nuggets: How a Neural Network Sifts Defects in Silicon Carbide
A gold prospector doesn't wash every handful of sand by hand. First he sifts the ore through a coarse sieve, tossing out the empty pebbles, and only then carefully pans the remaining concentrate. Much the same approach can be used to hunt for useful defects in silicon carbide, a hard crystal that already sits inside power electronics and may one day become the basis of quantum computers.