The ion trap quantum information processor

The Ion Trap Quantum Information Processor

An introductory review of the linear ion trap is given, with particular regard to its use for quantum information processing. The discussion aims to bring together ideas from information theory and experimental ion trapping, to provide a resource to workers unfamiliar with one or the other of these subjects. It is shown that information theory provides valuable concepts for the experimental use...

Scaling the ion trap quantum processor.

Trapped atomic ions are standards for quantum information processing, serving as quantum memories, hosts of quantum gates in quantum computers and simulators, and nodes of quantum communication networks. Quantum bits based on trapped ions enjoy a rare combination of attributes: They have exquisite coherence properties, they can be prepared and measured with nearly 100% efficiency, and they are ...

Ion-Trap Quantum Computation

Quantum computation requires a very special physical environment. Numerous operations must be performed on the quantum states of the qubits (or quantum bits) before those states decohere, or lose the interlocking phase relationships that give quantum computation its power. Thought to be an unavoidable outcome of the interaction between the quantum state and the environment, decoherence threaten...

Ion trap quantum computing

Ion trap quantum computing