We briefly review the development and theory of an experiment to investigate quantum computation with trapped calcium ions. The ion trap, laser and ion requirements are determined, and the parameters required for simple quantum logic operations are described
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9807071,
title = {Trapped Ion Quantum Computer Research at Los Alamos},
author = {D. F. V. James and M. S. Gulley and M. H. Holzscheiter and R. J. Hughes 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 D. Tupa and P. Z. Wang and A. G. White},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9807071},
year = {2008}
}
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12 pages, 6 figures; to appear in Proc. NASA-QCQC'98