Thursday, October 15, 2020, 16:00
OSGA/EG06
Jonathan Home, ETH Zurich
Abstract:
Quantum computing promises access to problems which are not computable
on devices which only use classical physics. Among the most promising
candidate systems for realizing a quantum computer are individually
trapped atomic ions confined in electromagnetic traps, which have
achieved the highest quality logical operations to date and been used
for a number of elementary demonstrations of quantum circuits and
protocols. I will describe how quantum computing is performed in this
platform, and give perspectives and approaches towards scaling these
devices to a level which might be able to produce useful outcomes.