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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I wrote this in between jobs in March 2024 so it is quite out-of-date already.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

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