Commercial Quantum Computing with Trapped Ions

Philip Ball

The first commercial quantum computer using trapped ions for quantum bits (qubits) has been launched by IonQ, a spin-out company from the University of Maryland in the US.

Hartmut Häffner

Jungsang Kim

Trapped atomic ions manipulated by laser beams is a leading candidate to construct scalable and practical quantum computers. Fully programmable quantum computers have been constructed using this technology, offering the highest performance quantum computing in commercial setting. Controlling atomic qubits with lasers is at the heart of constructing reliable trapped ion quantum computers. In this talk, I will discuss the stringent requirement for the optical systems required to build high performance trapped ion quantum computers, and prospect for constructing scalable systems in the future.

Ilhan, Faith Mehmet, Ilhan, Faith Mehmet

Wolfgang Lange

Molly R. Krogstad

Honeywell has commercialized multiple high performance quantum computing systems and continues to accelerate the path to value with rapid system scaling. This talk presents an overview of integrated photonics for scaling beam delivery to trapped ion quantum computing systems, reviewing main benefits, challenges, work to date, and future directions.