Quantum computer systems for scientific discovery

Y Alexeev, D Bacon, KR Brown, R Calderbank, LD Carr… - PRX quantum, 2021 - APS
The great promise of quantum computers comes with the dual challenges of building them
and finding their useful applications. We argue that these two challenges should be …

Quantum computers as universal quantum simulators: state‐of‐the‐art and perspectives

F Tacchino, A Chiesa, S Carretta… - Advanced Quantum …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The past few years have witnessed the concrete and fast spreading of quantum
technologies for practical computation and simulation. In particular, quantum computing …

Universal quantum operations and ancilla-based read-out for tweezer clocks

R Finkelstein, RBS Tsai, X Sun, P Scholl, S Direkci… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Enhancing the precision of measurements by harnessing entanglement is a long-sought
goal in quantum metrology,. Yet attaining the best sensitivity allowed by quantum theory in …

Parallel entangling operations on a universal ion-trap quantum computer

C Figgatt, A Ostrander, NM Linke, KA Landsman, D Zhu… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The circuit model of a quantum computer consists of sequences of gate operations between
quantum bits (qubits), drawn from a universal family of discrete operations. The ability to …

Fast Generation of GHZ-like States Using Collective-Spin Model

X Zhang, Z Hu, YC Liu - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
The Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) state is a key resource for quantum information
processing and quantum metrology. The atomic GHZ state can be generated by one-axis …

Toward simulating quantum field theories with controlled phonon-ion dynamics: A hybrid analog-digital approach

Z Davoudi, NM Linke, G Pagano - Physical Review Research, 2021 - APS
Quantum field theories are the cornerstones of modern physics, providing relativistic and
quantum mechanical descriptions of physical systems at the most fundamental level …

Demonstration of three-and four-body interactions between trapped-ion spins

O Katz, L Feng, A Risinger, C Monroe, M Cetina - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Quantum processors use the native interactions between effective spins to simulate
Hamiltonians or execute quantum gates. In most processors, the native interactions are …

Scalable and programmable phononic network with trapped ions

W Chen, Y Lu, S Zhang, K Zhang, G Huang, M Qiao… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
A network of bosons evolving among different modes while passing through beam splitters
and phase shifters has been applied to demonstrate quantum computational advantage …

Efficient arbitrary simultaneously entangling gates on a trapped-ion quantum computer

N Grzesiak, R Blümel, K Wright, KM Beck… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Efficiently entangling pairs of qubits is essential to fully harness the power of quantum
computing. Here, we devise an exact protocol that simultaneously entangles arbitrary pairs …

High-fidelity two-qubit gates using a microelectromechanical-system-based beam steering system for individual qubit addressing

Y Wang, S Crain, C Fang, B Zhang, S Huang… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
In a large scale trapped atomic ion quantum computer, high-fidelity two-qubit gates need to
be extended over all qubits with individual control. We realize and characterize high-fidelity …