A Potentially Realizable Quantum Computer
- 17 September 1993
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 261 (5128) , 1569-1571
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.261.5128.1569
Abstract
Arrays of weakly coupled quantum systems might compute if subjected to a sequence of electromagnetic pulses of well-defined frequency and length. Such pulsed arrays are true quantum computers: Bits can be placed in superpositionsof 0 and 1, logical operations take place coherently, and dissipation is required only for error correction. Operated with frequent error correction, such a system functions as a parallel digital computer. Operated in a quantum-mechanically coherent manner, such a device functions as a generalpurpose quantum-mechanical micromanipulator, capable of both creating any desired quantum state of the array and transforming that state in any desired way.Keywords
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