NIST Develops Powerful Method of Suppressing Errors in Many Types of Quantum Computers (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST Develops Powerful Method of Suppressing Errors in Many Types of Quantum Computers

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Under certain conditions, trapped beryllium ions form a hexagonal single-plane crystal. This crystal consists of about 300 ions that are spaced about 10 micrometers apart and are fluorescing (scattering laser light). An array of ions such as this might be used as a memory device in a quantum computer.

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