Opinion: The simplest quantum computer
Quantum Physics
2024-12-30 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract
Instead of writing a review article on the state of the field, I'm going to instead write a retrospective from the year 2040. I'll tell you how this whole "quantum computing thing" turned out.
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@article{arxiv.2412.18726,
title = {Opinion: The simplest quantum computer},
author = {Charles Tahan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.18726},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
I wrote this in between jobs in March 2024 so it is quite out-of-date already. This perspective imagines a possible future, is intentionally opinionated, and is likely mostly wrong. Further caveats inside