A universal qudit quantum processor with trapped ions

• Published in: Nature physics Vol. 18; no. 9; pp. 1053 - 1057
• Main Authors: Ringbauer, Martin, Meth, Michael, Postler, Lukas, Stricker, Roman, Blatt, Rainer, Schindler, Philipp, Monz, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.09.2022; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/766/259; 639/766/36; 639/766/483/3926; 639/766/483/481; Algorithms; Atomic; Classical and Continuum Physics; Complex Systems; Condensed Matter Physics; Hilbert space; Ions; Letter; Mathematical and Computational Physics; Microprocessors; Molecular; Optical and Plasma Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum computers; Quantum computing; Qubits (quantum computing); Theoretical

Most quantum computers use binary encoding to store information in qubits—the quantum analogue of classical bits. Yet, the underlying physical hardware consists of information carriers that are not necessarily binary, but typically exhibit a rich multilevel structure. Operating them as qubits artifi...