Quantum decoherence in qubit devices

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 600-609

  Brandt, Howard E ^a,b,c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantum computers; Quantum decoherence; Quantum information processing; Qubit devices; Qubit persistence probability; Qubits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042139383     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601860     Document Type: Article

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