Resumen
The race to build a fault tolerant quantum computer is in fully swing. But in which physical system should we encode quantum information? In classical computers the winner was clear – transistors in silicon in the integrated circuit architecture. For quantum computers the story is still be written. Research and development proceeds along multiple directions. Superconductivity circuits and atomic ion traps have long been the leading contenders. Recently, a dark horse candidate has emerged as a powerful competitor – neutral atoms trapped in laser light. Like their charged-ion cousins, neutral atoms are Nature’s qubits – they are identical, well-controlled by electromagnetic fields, and can be prepared in nearly pure quantum states with the tools developed for laser cooling and coherent spectroscopy. They are the foundation of the world’s most quantum coherent device – the atomic clock. In this talk I will describe the physics of quantum computing with optically-trapped neutral atoms and the cutting edge this up-and-coming architecture.
Ponente
Professor Ivan Deutsch
Center for Quantum Information and Control. University of New Mexico
Semblanza
Distinguished Professor, Regents’ Professor & CQuIC Director. Ph. D., Physics, University of California, Berkeley CA, 1992 and S. B., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, 1987.