Sentences with phrase «ion trap used»

Ion trap used in NIST quantum computing experiments demonstrating logic operations with two different types of ions (charged atoms).

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An ion trap captures charged particles in a quantum machine, helping it to run any algorithm, or sequential steps, using 5 qubits.

Ions trapped by electric fields and controlled via laser enable the device to run any algorithm, or sequential operation of steps, using 5 qubits.

Superconducting chips were the front runner for use in future quantum computers, but now trapped ions are showing they can perform just as well

They propose using an ion trap, a device that holds charged particles in place via an electric field, to form a ring - shaped crystal.

They trap or isolate the ions from the rest of the environment using electric fields; once trapped, the ions strongly interact with each other.

In the same issue of Nature, a team from the University of Maryland reports a similarly sized system using trapped ions as quantum bits.

A device called the integrated ion - trap - time - of - flight mass spectrometer, which was invented by Hudson's lab and which was used to discover the reaction — was featured on a recent episode of the sitcom «The Big Bang Theory.»

At present, attempts are being made to build quantum computers using, among others, trapped ions, electron spins in diamond, quantum dots, superconducting electric circuits, and atomic clouds.

Other molecules that violate the octet rule have been observed before, but the UCLA study is among the first to observe such a molecule using tools from physics — namely lasers, ion traps and ultra-cold atom traps.

The same NIST research group has achieved many «firsts» using trapped ions to demonstrate building blocks for quantum computers, which would use the exotic properties of the quantum world to solve problems considered intractable today.

When used at NIST to transmit laser light to trap ions (electrically charged atoms), the fibers reduce stray light and fluctuations in laser beam pointing and make it possible to transfer ultraviolet light between separate optical tables, the paper notes.

The NIST group's optical clocks use lasers to probe the quantum state of aluminum ions held in radio - frequency traps.

The team used a tried - and - tested type of quantum computer in which an electromagnetic field traps four ions in a row, each one encoding a qubit, in a vacuum.

The logic clock is based on a single aluminum ion (electrically charged atom) trapped by electric fields and vibrating at ultraviolet light frequencies, which are 100,000 times higher than microwave frequencies used in NIST - F1 and other similar time standards around the world.

In recent years, researchers have developed high - resolution imaging techniques based on laser - cooled trapped ions that have opened up the possibility of making ion - based sensors that could resolve an external force in three directions using a single atomic ion.

For the first time, we perform the complex conjugation and these symmetry operations in our trapped - ion quantum system through the use of enlarged spaces and the novel concept of embedding a quantum simulator.

The methods developed for the ion trap experiment in Innsbruck will be used more widely, the physicists in Ulm and Vienna are convinced.