The development and theory of an experiment to investigate quantum computation with trapped calcium ions is described. The ion trap, laser and ion requirements are determined, and the parameters required for quantum logic operations as well as simple quantum factoring are described.
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9708050,
title = {The Los Alamos Trapped Ion Quantum Computer Experiment},
author = {R. J. Hughes and D. F. V. James and J. J. Gomez and M. S. Gulley and M. H. Holzscheiter and P. G. Kwiat and S. K. Lamoreaux and C. G. Peterson and V. D. Sandberg and M. M. Schauer and C. M. Simmons and C. E. Thorburn and D. Tupa and P. Z. Wang and A. G. White},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9708050},
year = {2015}
}
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41 pages, 16 figures, submitted to Fortschritte der Physik