NIST demonstrates sustained quantum information processing

Friday, August 7, 2009 - 04:42 in Physics & Chemistry

Raising prospects for building a practical quantum computer, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated sustained, reliable information processing operations on electrically charged atoms (ions). The new work, described in the 6 August issue of Science Express, overcomes significant hurdles in scaling up ion-trapping technology from small demonstrations to larger quantum processors...

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