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Experimental Primer on the Trapped Ion Quantum Computer,

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David J. Wineland, C Monroe, Wayne M. Itano, B E. King, Dietrich G. Leibfried, D M. Meekhof, C J. Myatt, Chris S. Wood

Abstract

The development of a quantum computer based on a system of trapped atomic ions is described, following the proposal of Cirac and Zoller. Initial results on a two-bit quantum logic gate are presented, and select experimental issues in scaling the system to larger numbers of ions and gates are treated.
Citation
Fortschritte Der Physik-Progress of Physics
Volume
46
Pub Type
Journals

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Citation

Wineland, D. , Monroe, C. , Itano, W. , King, B. , Leibfried, D. , Meekhof, D. , Myatt, C. and Wood, C. (1998), Experimental Primer on the Trapped Ion Quantum Computer,, Fortschritte Der Physik-Progress of Physics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=105692 (Accessed October 16, 2025)

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Created January 1, 1998, Updated February 17, 2017
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