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Quantum computers

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Ladd, T. D., Jelezko, F., Laflamme, R., Nakamura, Y., Monroe, C., O’Brien, J. L.·2010·Nature

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Over the past several decades, quantum information science has emerged to seek answers to the question: can we gain some advantage by storing, transmitting and processing information encoded in systems that exhibit unique quantum properties? Today it is understood that the answer is yes, and many research groups around the world are working towards the highly ambitious technological goal of building a quantum computer, which would dramatically improve computational power for particular tasks. A number of physical systems, spanning much of modern physics, are being developed for quantum computation. However, it remains unclear which technology, if any, will ultimately prove successful. Here we describe the latest developments for each of the leading approaches and explain the major challenges for the future.

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Authors
Ladd, T. D., Jelezko, F., Laflamme, R., Nakamura, Y., Monroe, C., & O’Brien, J. L.
Affiliations
  • Stanford University (US)
  • University of Stuttgart (DE)
  • University of Waterloo (CA)
  • NEC (Japan) (JP)
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (US)
  • University of Bristol (GB)
Corresponding author
O’Brien, J. L.
Venue
Nature
Published
2010-03
Volume
464
Issue
7285
Pages
45-53
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W3037853801
Cited by
3,592
References
286
Citations by year
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FWCI
178.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (submittedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Funders
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/F010524/1, EP/F008023/1)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Keywords
quantum computing hardware, qubits, quantum information processing, quantum memory, quantum communication

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