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Scalable digital hardware for a trapped ion quantum computer

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Mount, E; Gaultney, D; Vrijsen, G; Adams, M; Baek, SY; Hudek, K; Isabella, L; Crain, S; van Rynbach, A; Maunz, P; Kim, J
Published in: Quantum Information Processing
December 1, 2016

Many of the challenges of scaling quantum computer hardware lie at the interface between the qubits and the classical control signals used to manipulate them. Modular ion trap quantum computer architectures address scalability by constructing individual quantum processors interconnected via a network of quantum communication channels. Successful operation of such quantum hardware requires a fully programmable classical control system capable of frequency stabilizing the continuous wave lasers necessary for loading, cooling, initialization, and detection of the ion qubits, stabilizing the optical frequency combs used to drive logic gate operations on the ion qubits, providing a large number of analog voltage sources to drive the trap electrodes, and a scheme for maintaining phase coherence among all the controllers that manipulate the qubits. In this work, we describe scalable solutions to these hardware development challenges.

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Quantum Information Processing

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1570-0755

Publication Date

December 1, 2016

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15

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12

Start / End Page

5281 / 5298

Related Subject Headings

  • Mathematical Physics
  • 5108 Quantum physics
  • 0802 Computation Theory and Mathematics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics
 

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Mount, E., Gaultney, D., Vrijsen, G., Adams, M., Baek, S. Y., Hudek, K., … Kim, J. (2016). Scalable digital hardware for a trapped ion quantum computer. Quantum Information Processing, 15(12), 5281–5298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-015-1120-z
Mount, E., D. Gaultney, G. Vrijsen, M. Adams, S. Y. Baek, K. Hudek, L. Isabella, et al. “Scalable digital hardware for a trapped ion quantum computer.” Quantum Information Processing 15, no. 12 (December 1, 2016): 5281–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-015-1120-z.
Mount E, Gaultney D, Vrijsen G, Adams M, Baek SY, Hudek K, et al. Scalable digital hardware for a trapped ion quantum computer. Quantum Information Processing. 2016 Dec 1;15(12):5281–98.
Mount, E., et al. “Scalable digital hardware for a trapped ion quantum computer.” Quantum Information Processing, vol. 15, no. 12, Dec. 2016, pp. 5281–98. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s11128-015-1120-z.
Mount E, Gaultney D, Vrijsen G, Adams M, Baek SY, Hudek K, Isabella L, Crain S, van Rynbach A, Maunz P, Kim J. Scalable digital hardware for a trapped ion quantum computer. Quantum Information Processing. 2016 Dec 1;15(12):5281–5298.
Journal cover image

Published In

Quantum Information Processing

DOI

ISSN

1570-0755

Publication Date

December 1, 2016

Volume

15

Issue

12

Start / End Page

5281 / 5298

Related Subject Headings

  • Mathematical Physics
  • 5108 Quantum physics
  • 0802 Computation Theory and Mathematics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics