arXiv:quant-ph/0009002

NMR Quantum Computation

Jonathan A. Jones

Published Sep 1, 2000• 1 citation

Abstract

In this article I will describe how NMR techniques may be used to build simple quantum information processing devices, such as small quantum computers, and show how these techniques are related to more conventional NMR experiments.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0009002

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