Qubit decoherence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3076, Issue , 1997, Pages 51-64

  Brandt, Howard E ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM THEORY;

QUANTUM DECOHERENCE; QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING; QUBIT DEVICES; QUBIT PERSISTENCE PROBABILITY; QUBITS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 58749099765     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.277661     Document Type: Conference Paper

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