Thirty years of quantum computing

Quantum Science and Technology, vol. 10, pp. 030501

Abstract

Abstract We arrive at the centennial of modern quantum mechanics. In about the last third of that century, we have been busy connecting quantum theory with the theory of information and the theory of computing, and with trying to turn quantum phenomena into quantum technologies. We have been talking about the quantum computer for most this trimester (i.e. for the last third-century of the history of quantum physics). Where are we at with this fantastic device? Here I give a few reflections on this question.

Authors 1

1. David Peter Divincenzo corresponding Aachen Institute for Quantum Information

   RWTH Aachen University · Forschungszentrum Jülich

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute for Quantum Information, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany

   Peter Grünberg Institute, Theoretical Nanoelectronics, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany