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To achieve scalable quantum computing, improving entangling-gate fidelity and its implementation-efficiency are of utmost importance. We present here a linear method to construct provably power-optimal entangling gates on an arbitrary pair…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-10 Reinhold Blumel , Nikodem Grzesiak , Neal Pisenti , Kenneth Wright , Yunseong Nam

Trapped-ion quantum information processors store information in atomic ions maintained in position in free space via electric fields. Quantum logic is enacted via manipulation of the ions' internal and shared motional quantum states using…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-04 Kenneth R. Brown , John Chiaverini , Jeremy Sage , Hartmut Häffner

Qubits based on ions trapped in linear radio-frequency traps form a successful platform for quantum computing, due to their high fidelity of operations, all-to-all connectivity and degree of local control. In principle there is no…

The prevalent approach to executing quantum algorithms on quantum computers is to break-down the algorithms to a concatenation of universal gates, typically single and two-qubit gates. However such a decomposition results in long gate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-25 Yotam Shapira , Ravid Shaniv , Tom Manovitz , Nitzan Akerman , Lee Peleg , Lior Gazit , Roee Ozeri , Ady Stern

We explore the feasibility of gate-based hybrid quantum computing using both discrete (qubit) and continuous (qumode) variables on trapped-ion platforms. Trapped-ion systems have demonstrated record one- and two-qubit gate fidelities and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-24 Jack Y. Araz , Matt Grau , Jake Montgomery , Felix Ringer

We propose a method to manipulate the normal modes in a chain of trapped ions using only two lasers. Linear chains of trapped ions have proven experimentally to be highly controllable quantum systems with a variety of refined techniques for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-01 Kevin Marshall , Daniel F. V. James

Quantum logic operations between physically distinct qubits is an essential aspect of large-scale quantum information processing. We propose an approach to high-speed mixed-species entangling operations in trapped-ion quantum computers,…

We propose encoding multiple qubits inside ions in existing trapped-ion quantum computers to access more qubits and to simplify circuits implementing standard algorithms. By using such `virtual' qubits, some inter-ion gates can be replaced…

We first consider the basic requirements for a quantum computer, arguing for the attractiveness of nuclear spins as information-bearing entities, and light for the coupling which allows quantum gates. We then survey the strengths of and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 A. M. Steane , D. M. Lucas

High-fidelity two-qubit entangling gates play an important role in many quantum information processing tasks and are a necessary building block for constructing a universal quantum computer. Such high-fidelity gates have been demonstrated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-07 Yotam Shapira , Ravid Shaniv , Tom Manovitz , Nitzan Akerman , Roee Ozeri

A novel two-qubit entangling gate for trapped-ion quantum processors is proposed theoretically and demonstrated experimentally. During the gate, double-dressed quantum states are created by applying a phase-modulated continuous driving…

Quantum bits based on individual trapped atomic ions constitute a promising technology for building a quantum computer, with all the elementary operations having been achieved with the necessary precision for some error-correction schemes.…

The construction of entangling gates with individual addressing capability represents a crucial approach for implementing quantum computation in trapped ion crystals. Conventional entangling gate schemes typically rely on laser beam wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-29 Jin-Ming Cui , Yan Chen , Yi-Fan Zhou , Quan Long , En-Teng An , Ran He , Yun-Feng Huang , Chuan-Feng Li , Guang-Can Guo

Parallel operations are important for both near-term quantum computers and larger-scale fault-tolerant machines because they reduce execution time and qubit idling. We propose and implement a pairwise-parallel gate scheme on a trapped-ion…

Trapped-ion systems are one of the leading platforms for quantum information processing, where a key challenge is to scale up system size while maintaining high-fidelity two-qubit operations. A promising approach is to build…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-13 Xingyu Zhao , Ji Bian , Yi Li , Yue Li , Mengxiang Zhang , Yiheng Lin

A fault-tolerant quantum computer is expected to require thousands of qubits. Trapped ion architectures provide a modular approach where the quantum register is divided into multiple subregisters connected by physically moving the…

Two-qubit logical gates are proposed on the basis of two atoms trapped in a cavity setup. Losses in the interaction by spontaneous transitions are efficiently suppressed by employing adiabatic transitions and the Zeno effect. Dynamical and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jiannis Pachos , Herbert Walther

Vibrational modes of trapped ions have traditionally served as quantum buses to mediate internal qubits. However, with recent advances in quantum control, it has become possible to use these vibrational modes directly as quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-20 Minhyeok Kang , Wentao Chen , Hyukjoon Kwon , Kihwan Kim , Joonsuk Huh

The notion of universal quantum computation can be generalized to multi-level qudits, which offer advantages in resource usage and algorithmic efficiencies. Trapped ions, which are pristine and well-controlled quantum systems, offer an…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-07-24 Pei Jiang Low , Brendan M. White , Andrew A. Cox , Matthew L. Day , Crystal Senko

We propose a simple scheme for implementing quantum logic gates with a string of two-level trapped cold ions outside the Lamb-Dicke limit. Two internal states of each ion are used as one computational qubit (CQ) and the collective vibration…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 L. F. Wei , S. Y. Liu , X. L. Lei