New quantum hardware puts the mechanics in quantum mechanics
15 days ago
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- Quantum computers using ions or atoms benefit from identical qubits, ensuring consistent performance.
- Trapped-ion hardware allows for all-to-all qubit connectivity, enabling flexible algorithm and error correction implementation.
- Quantinuum announced advancements in trapped-ion hardware, increasing qubit count and improving operation management.
- Trapped-ion and neutral atom qubits are stored in the nucleus's spin, shielded by electrons for long coherence times.
- Trapped ions are manipulated via electromagnetic control, leveraging standard electronics manufacturing, with lasers for readout.
- Ions can be moved to enable entanglement between any two, supporting efficient algorithms and complex error-correction codes.
- Microsoft demonstrated a tesseract-based error-correction code using Quantinuum's trapped-ion machine.