Tagged: hardware
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- Neutral-atom qubitsQuantum computing · Neutral-atom qubits hold single atoms in optical tweezer arrays and entangle them via Rydberg interactions, giving large, reconfigurable qubit registers.
- Photonic quantum computingQuantum computing · Photonic quantum computing encodes qubits in photons and processes them with linear optics and measurement, near room temperature but limited by photon loss.
- Quantum computerFoundations · A quantum computer processes information with qubits and quantum effects; current machines remain far from breaking deployed public key cryptography.
- QubitGlossary · A qubit is the basic unit of quantum information, a two-level quantum system that can hold superpositions and become entangled with other qubits.
- Superconducting qubitsQuantum computing · Superconducting qubits are circuits using Josephson junctions as artificial atoms, cooled to millikelvin, with fast gates but limited coherence times.
- Topological qubitsQuantum computing · Topological qubits would store information nonlocally in states like Majorana zero modes, protecting it from local noise, but remain unproven as of early 2026.
- Trapped-ion qubitsQuantum computing · Trapped-ion qubits store quantum information in electronic states of ions held in electromagnetic traps, giving high gate fidelity and all-to-all connectivity.