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Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies

Fault-tolerant photonic quantum computing

Z. Vernon, Dominic J. Goodwill

Published Mar 17, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

We will provide a hardware update on our progress towards building a fault-tolerant quantum computer based on photonics. In addition, we will discuss our present-day programmable machines, available over the cloud, that serve as key milestones on the path to this goal. These include Borealis, our cloud-deployed photonic quantum computer capable of quantum computational advantage.

DOI
10.1117/12.2648457

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