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Two-ion logic gates open the way to further advances in quantum computing

Barbara Goss Levi

Published May 1, 2003• 4 citations
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Abstract

Precisely controlled logic gates are key ingredients in quantum computers, which can easily outperform classical computers for some problems.
DOI
10.1063/1.1583523

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