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Trapped Ion Quantum Computer Research at Los Alamos

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Quantum Computing and Quantum Communications (QCQC 1998)

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We briefly review the development and theory of an experiment to investigate quantum computation with trapped calcium ions. The ion trap, laser and ion requirements are determined, and the parameters required for simple quantum logic operations are described. (LAUR 98-314)

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  1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA

    D. F. V. James, M. S. Gulley, M. H. Holzscheiter, R. J. Hughes, P. G. Kwiat, S. K. Lamoreaux, C. G. Peterson, V. D. Sandberg, M. M. Schauer, C. M. Simmons, D. Tupa, P. Z. Wang & A. G. White

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  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Quantum Algorithms and Technologies Group Information and Computing Technologies Research Section, Mail Stop 126-347, Pasadena, CA, 91109-8099, USA

    Colin P. Williams

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James, D.F.V. et al. (1999). Trapped Ion Quantum Computer Research at Los Alamos. In: Williams, C.P. (eds) Quantum Computing and Quantum Communications. QCQC 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1509. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-49208-9_39

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