An artist’s impression of attosecond clocking. Electrons, represented in blue and orange, collide to produce bursts of light that reveal the interactions that govern quantum materials and the quantum information they support. Image credit: Brad Baxley (parttowhole.com)

Seeing electron movement at fastest speed ever could help unlock next-level quantum computing

A groundbreaking collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Regensburg has captured electron movement at the attosecond scale (one quintillionth of a second) using a novel two-pulse light system, potentially enabling quantum computing speeds up to a billion times faster than current capabilities while providing crucial insights into many-body physics.