I wanted to look at the qubit to understand if it is really atomic rather than quantum, it depends on if you include the package or not, which I’m not. To dispel thoughts of radiation with my thoughts of atomic computing, in fact, the silicon is refined to remove unstable isotopes so it is not radio-active.[1] So radiation does have an impact otherwise the material would not need refining. That is only one way of manufacturing the qubit. The video is a short explanation of the qubit and its manufacturing.[2] So, a quantum bit is a single particle held in a determinate state and therefore it is quantum, not atomic and because atoms are made up of multiple different particles. It is obvious that you don’t want free neutrons, electrons or protons roaming around your qubit. 🙂 Well, in beta decay as there are free electrons that could upset it. That’s why it’s refined then, phew. So what effect would gamma radiation have on the qubit? So if I put a lump of uranium ore next to a quantum computer what is going to happen? That probably has both gamma and beta radiation coming from it.
14th Jun 2021 – I’ve re-worded my short explanation to try to clarify things and added references.
References
[1, How To Make a Quantum Bit, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNzzGgr2mhk, accessed 14th Jun 2021]
[2, A Qubit in the Making, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pB87H3_F_c, accessed 14th Jun 2021]