A major challenge for quantum computation in ion trap systems is scalable integration of error correction and fault tolerance. We analyze a distributed architecture with rapid high fidelity local control within nodes and entangled links between nodes alleviating long-distance transport. We demonstrate fault-tolerant operator measurements which are used for error correction and non-local gates. This scheme is readily applied to linear ion traps which cannot be scaled up beyond a few ions per individual trap but which have access to a probabilistic entanglement mechanism. A proof-of-concept system is presented which is within the reach of current experiment.
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0606226,
title = {Scalable Error Correction in Distributed Ion Trap Computers},
author = {Daniel K. L. Oi and Simon J. Devitt and Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0606226},
year = {2009}
}