The significance of quantum computation for cryptography is discussed. Following a brief survey of the requirements for quantum computational hardware, an overview of the ion trap quantum computation project at Los Alamos is presented. The physical limitations to quantum computation with trapped ions are analyzed and an assessment of the computational potential of the technology is made.
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9712054,
title = {Cryptography, Quantum Computation and Trapped Ions},
author = {Richard J. Hughes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9712054},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
17 pages. Submitted to "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society," proceedings of the Royal Society Discussion Meeting on "Quantum Computation: Theory and Experiment," London, England, November 1997