Decoherence bounds on the capabilities of cold trapped ion quantum computers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3076, Issue , 1997, Pages 42-50

  James, Daniel F V ^a   Hughes, Richard J ^b   Knill, Emanuel H ^b   Laflamme, Raymond ^a   Petschek, Albert G ^b,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decoherence; Ion traps; Quantum computing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

DECOHERENCE; ION HEATING; ION TRAPS; LASER INTERACTIONS; PHASE COHERENCE; QUANTUM COMPUTING;

IONS;

EID: 58749108458     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.277660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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