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Universal and Fault-Tolerant Photonic Quantum Computing

Z. Vernon, Blair Morrison

Published Jan 1, 2024• 0 citations

Abstract

Xanadu is developing a universal and fault-tolerant quantum computer using photonic GKP qubits. We will discuss this hardware architecture and the current state of progress towards reaching this goal. Full-text article not available; see video presentation

DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2024.w4k.1

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