Quantum Computers

Abstract

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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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 04, 2010
Accession Number
ADA562394

Entities

People

  • Christopher Monroe
  • F. Jelezko
  • Jeremy L. O’Brien
  • R. Laflamme
  • T. D. Ladd
  • Y. Nakamura

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Ion Traps
  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Materials Processing
  • Nanotechnology
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Quantum Computers
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Dots
  • Quantum Information
  • Quantum Information Science
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Quantum Properties
  • Semiconductors
  • Standing Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing