After Pan Xiaozhi learned more about the new research direction from Xu Yun and confirmed that he was very sure, he immediately couldn't hold back the excitement and excitement in his heart, and was about to go out to tell the other researchers in the project team the good news.

"This is really happy news, and I will arrange for a new round of experiments to start today."

said this with a smile on his face, and without waiting for Xu Yun to respond, he turned around and walked towards the door, without delaying for half a moment.

According to the normal process, the test data of the new quantum material samples researched this time did not meet the standard, which basically declared that the direction of their research was wrong.

Next, it is necessary to determine a new research direction before proceeding with the experiment.

There will inevitably be a lot of delay in between.

What's more, the research direction chosen this time was decided by Xu Yun.

The results made people unexpected, Xu Yun seemed to have guessed that the material samples would fail to pass the test, and actually prepared a replacement plan in advance, so that he could continue the experiment non-stop.

Among them, Xu Yun said that he was very sure of the new plan, and he was even more happy.

He Xu Yun is undoubtedly absolutely trusting, the first experiment of new quantum materials is to have the mentality of giving it a try, and it is normal for the synthetic material samples to not be qualified, but now with Xu Yun's guarantee, I believe that the situation is completely different. To put it mildly, it's basically a certainty.

That's why he's so excited and eager to inform the rest of the project team about the news so that the experiment can start as soon as possible.

After all, when new quantum materials are successfully developed, the computing power upgrade of Zu Chongzhi's No. 3 quantum computer and the deployment of quantum communication can be put on the agenda.

Looking at Pan Xiaozhi's figure that quickly disappeared from view, Xu Yun did not stop it.

From the current point of view, the advent of new quantum materials must be sooner rather than later, and it is necessary to buy time for the aerospace engineering side.

Soon.

Pan Xiaozhi announced the good news to the members of the project team.

Immediately looked at each other.

Before everyone had time to grieve the news that the material sample data was unqualified, they were told that a new material research direction had been determined.

It's just seamless.

This kind of speed and efficiency is probably impossible to achieve in any scientific research institution.

In this case, after everyone came back to their senses, they had to quickly adjust their state and start to get busy according to the previous work schedule.

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Quantum information technology refers to a new information technology based on quantum mechanics that encodes, calculates and transmits the physical information contained in the quantum system, and can bring a more efficient and safer communication lifestyle to human beings with quantum computers.

And the efficiency of communication between quantum systems depends on their ability to interact with light.

Based on this, quantum materials must be able to take full advantage of the quantum properties of light.

The previously synthesized material samples could only be blamed on the failed product because the interaction with light did not meet the requirements.

After the optimization direction of the scientific simulator suggested, the element in the material is a molecular crystal based on rare earth europium ions, with ultra-narrow linewidth emission that enables efficient interaction with light.

In addition, after reading the detailed suggestions, Xu Yun also found other surprises.

That is, this molecular crystal can realize quantum entanglement through stray electric field coupling, so as to complete quantum information processing, and because the molecular crystal contains multiple rare earth ions, it can achieve a relatively high qubit density. The use of quantum computers is expected to greatly increase the number of qubits.

It is really suitable for the current research in the quantum field.

It is worth mentioning that the members of the project team of the new research direction did not have time to get acquainted, so the synthesis of the sample was a little slower.

Fortunately, with Xu Yun's overall command and leadership, the research work was carried out in an orderly manner.

In the blink of an eye, it is December.

During this period, the Aerospace Science and Technology Group relied on its own strong strength and successfully built the first new generation of lunar rover with Xu Yun's design drawings.

After various rigorous tests such as the simulation environment, it was once again proved that Xu Yun's new scheme was powerful and showed superior performance, and I don't know how much ahead of Zhang Feng's lunar rover.

If you can describe it in two words.

That's crushing.

Or all-round crushing.

The real data in front of him not only made Zhang Feng once again glad that he made the right choice and decisively abolished his lunar rover program, but also gave others in the system confidence in the new manned lunar landing implementation plan.

Later, a new research team was formed to improve and conquer the modular lunar base.

At the same time, the creation of new lunar rovers continues.

Since the Manned Space Engineering Office has not been looking for Xu Yun again, this allows Xu Yun to devote himself to the research and development of molecular crystal materials for rare earth europium ions.

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December 31, 2025.

Wednesday.

Laboratory of the Institute of Quantum Information Science.

Today is definitely an extremely exciting day for the members of the new quantum materials project team.

Of course, not because of tomorrow's New Year's Day.

Instead, after more than a month of painstaking research, under the leadership of Xu Yun, they finally synthesized rare earth ions and molecular crystals to obtain samples that could be tested. If today's test results meet expectations, it will represent a big leap forward in the field of quantum information computing.

"Hopefully, the test results will exceed our expectations, so that we can have a relaxing New Year's holiday."

"You don't have confidence in yourself, don't you have confidence in Xu Yuan!" In the laboratory, Pan Xiaozhi heard the members of the project team next to him speak, and immediately responded with a smile.

The words all revealed their trust in Xu Yun.

As this sentence reached everyone's ears, the researcher who spoke was also a little embarrassed, and hurriedly made up for it: "Of course I believe in Xu Yuan, the progress of these days is obvious to everyone." ”

Seeing that the conversation box was opened, other people around him also chimed in.

"The rare earth ions we chose this time have a high interaction with light, and perhaps its performance can really surprise us."

"I believe in Xu Yuan."

"Even if the final test data does not meet the expected value, it will definitely be much stronger than the last time."

"The progress of our research is already a miracle in the academic world, as long as the values are improved every time, then we will definitely develop new quantum materials."

At this time, Xu Yun listened to everyone's voices, and his face remained calm.

Relying on the three optimization suggestions brought by the scientific simulator, he believes that the material will definitely meet the requirements and realize the coverage of quantum communication networks and the upgrading of quantum computer computing power.

The thought stayed here, and I saw him temporarily stop his movements, turn around and look at everyone's faces and say in a deep voice: "I am still relatively confident in everyone's research this time, and it should be able to make everyone have a comfortable New Year's Day holiday." As the words fell, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and a slight smile appeared.

And this also made everyone present much happier.

According to past experience, Xu Yun's promise has never been miscalculated.

Since you can spend the New Year's Day holiday comfortably, you must be fine.

After all, in today's time when everyone is waiting for the holiday, if the final test result is not satisfactory, I am afraid that I will not be in the mood for the holiday.

Maybe you have to stay in the hospital and work overtime to find problems.

Xu Yun didn't say anything more after dropping this sentence, and then walked to the laser control system equipment, ready to test the material samples and analyze the specific performance data.

Rare earth ions have excellent optical and spin characteristics, but they are difficult to integrate in photonic devices, and molecular crystals are easy to integrate, but it is difficult to establish a reliable connection between spin and light because the emission band is too broad.

Originally, a specific laser experiment was used to test a sample of the material, which could have been performed by any researcher present.

There is no need for Xu Yun to operate it personally.

However, because of the importance of new quantum materials, Xu Yun decided to personally test this time and grasp the value of the material for the first time.

Shortly after, as the laser is successfully excited from the device, the rare-earth europium ions in the material sample emit photons carrying nuclear spin information, which are captured and analyzed by special instruments.

Pan Xiaozhi and other members of the project team, who stayed outside during the period, also watched this scene calmly.

I was getting more and more nervous.

We all know that we have reached the most critical step now, and whether the efforts of more than a month have been in vain depend on the final test results.

Fortunately, there are no people from other scientific research institutions here at the moment, otherwise it is really possible to be angry with the performance of Pan Xiaozhi and others, after all, in the eyes of others, this is too Versailles.

The expectation that the second experiment will be successful makes it difficult for other researchers to deal with themselves.

Even in the global scientific community, whether it is the research and development of a technology or the birth of a certain material, there is a process of a large number of failures, which can be said to be repeated experimental failures and research again and again.

Like Pan Xiaozhi, they don't want to fail in their second experiment, it's something they can't even think about.

But there is no way to do this, who made Xu Yun's talent in the field of scientific research too perverted, and many times it was a successful experiment.

As members of Xu Yun's project team, if the second experiment has not yet yielded results, wouldn't it prove that their level is too poor and successfully dragged Xu Yun back.

This is certainly something that researchers are unwilling to accept.

Even if this is true.

Fortunately, the final test results of the material samples did not disappoint everyone's expectations.

I don't know how long it took, but as the laser stopped working, the computer began to analyze the data and print it out.

Xu Yun, who was waiting for this test report, would definitely not hesitate at this time, almost as soon as the report was printed, he immediately picked it up and looked at it carefully, and when the data on it came into view, he slowly lowered his arm for about half a minute, so that everyone could see a relieved smile.

"It looks like everyone will be able to celebrate the holiday with peace of mind tomorrow."

Whispering this sentence immediately made the faces of everyone present surge with excitement.

Pan Xiaozhi took the report from Xu Yun first, and carefully checked the values on it.

"It's finished."

"We are done."

"The numbers far exceeded expectations."

In the next second, three excited and happy shouts accurately expressed his inner feelings at the moment.

After speaking, he seemed to remember something, and hurriedly handed the data report in his hand to the other project team members beside him: "You can all take a look." ”

It can be said that since Xu Yun got the data report, other people's eyes have not left, and when they heard Pan Xiaozhi's words at this moment, they would be reserved for something, and immediately took the report and looked around together.

Then there was the sound of surprise.

"From the data results, the interaction between our materials and light is very efficient, and even exceeds expectations."

"This is definitely the strongest new quantum material, and we succeeded."

"I knew that Academician Xu had already made up his mind, and now I see that this is the case."

"This will be a new milestone in the development of the quantum field!"

"With this kind of super-strong quantum material, it should no longer be a problem to improve the qubits of the Zu Chongzhi-3 quantum computer."

After a long while, the joy on everyone's faces still did not disappear.

Experiencing the benefits of participating in project research with Xu Yun for the first time, this sense of accomplishment and pride is enough to keep their mood in a state of joy for a long time.

"Everyone has worked hard during this time, since we have achieved major phased results, then go back to rest early today, I hope everyone can have a good New Year's Day holiday tomorrow." Xu Yun said to everyone with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and finally reminded: "As for the follow-up work arrangements, we will talk about it after the holiday is over." ”

Now that the problem of new quantum materials has been successfully solved, the next step is to increase the synthesis weight of this material for the upgrade of the Zu Chongzhi-3 quantum computer, as well as to build a quantum repeater and try to deploy a quantum information network.

Basically, these things are not too difficult, even if he is not there.

In addition, he has promised his daughter that he will definitely return to Jingzhou City during the New Year's Day holiday, and there is really no need to wait for this.

The others were naturally very happy after listening to Xu Yun's words, but they were very much looking forward to the follow-up work, even if someone made a statement.

"We all want to continue to follow you, Dean Xu, and the rest of the work is guaranteed to be completed on time."

"We have now overcome such a big problem, and I believe there will be no problem with the task arrangement in the future."

"I don't want to take a vacation, so I just go straight to the follow-up work."

"With such a fast research speed, I couldn't even think of it before, but this time I would like to thank Dean Xu for letting me experience it once."

"Don't worry, there will definitely be opportunities in the future, hurry up and pack your things and wait for you to go home." Pan Xiaozhi couldn't help but answer when he heard everyone's words at this time, and he felt a little impatient.

In the following time, everyone did not continue to delay, and immediately implemented the daily off-duty process.

Wait until the holidays are over before starting a new job.

However, it is worth mentioning that Pan Xiaozhi stayed for the time being, and took the initiative to mention another thing after walking to Xu Yun's side.

"That's right."

"Do we want to tell the Manned Space Engineering Office about our efforts to conquer new quantum materials?"

"They should still be worried about quantum communication between the earth and the moon."

Pan Xiaozhi is naturally talking about the cooperation with Zhou Mingwei and Zhang Feng, who need to help them build a quantum information network between the earth and the moon, and lay the foundation for the implementation of the new manned lunar landing program.

Xu Yun understood the meaning of Pan Xiaozhi's words, but after a little thought, he shook his head.

"Let's wait."

"At present, we have only completed the first phase of progress, and we will talk about it after we have successfully solved the quantum repeater and have the ability to deploy a quantum information network between the Earth and the Moon."

"There are still a lot of problems waiting for us to overcome."

The successful research of new quantum materials is only a basic achievement, and it has not completely solved the long-distance quantum information technology for the time being.

Rather than letting Zhou Mingwei and them know the news now, it is better to wait until the quantum information is conquered.

Maintaining the status quo would also put some pressure on them to ensure the completion of space equipment such as the Long March 10 manned launch vehicle and the lunar lander.

Without any of these links, the manned lunar landing project cannot be carried out.

Listening to all Xu Yun's words, Pan Xiaozhi thought about it for a while and felt that it was also very reasonable, so he didn't have any objections.

"That's fine."

"Give them an even bigger surprise when the time comes."

followed Xu Yun's words and responded with two sentences, and then stopped lingering too much.

After Xu Yun sorted out the materials and properly placed the material samples, he left the laboratory with the others and went to the airport to take the nearest flight back to Jingzhou City under the escort of a special car.

It should be noted that the breakthrough of the Institute of Quantum Information and Quantum Science and Technology in quantum materials has not announced the good news to the public, and there is no idea of publishing a paper in the journal Science Nature for the time being.

What is absolutely certain, however, is that if this result is published, it will cause a global sensation.

After all, this material represents a concentrated breakthrough in related technologies in the quantum field, and the value it brings is immeasurable.

It can help human civilization accelerate the development of science.

A proper milestone achievement.

When Xu Yun returned home that night, facing his mother, wife and children, his identity immediately changed from an admired academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to a father of two children.

I will never bring back the things in the courtyard.

And Chen Shihe would not ask under normal circumstances, which ensured the happiness and harmony of the family.

A few days of the New Year's Day holiday are fleeting, and the project team members can't wait to return to work, waiting for Xu Yun to assign them new tasks.

In the face of the high-spirited project team members, Xu Yun naturally did not discourage everyone's enthusiasm, and immediately arranged for Pan Xiaozhi to take people to take charge of the upgrade of Zu Chongzhi's No. 3 quantum computer, and he was responsible for the research of quantum information technology and quantum repeaters, while the remaining people continued to synthesize the required materials.

Relying on the power of new quantum materials, Xu Yun does not feel that quantum information technology and quantum repeaters are too difficult, and many times he is guiding his researchers.

Not even the idea of turning on brain overclocking.

Entering the new year, when quantum computers and quantum information technology were progressing smoothly, Xu Yun finally received news from Zhou Mingwei. (End of chapter)