Battling decoherence: The fault-tolerant quantum computer

Authors
Preskill, J
Citation
J. Preskill, Battling decoherence: The fault-tolerant quantum computer, PHYS TODAY, 52(6), 1999, pp. 24-30
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS TODAY
ISSN journal
00319228 → ACNP
Volume
52
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
24 - 30
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9228(199906)52:6<24:BDTFQC>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Quantum computers have the potential to do certain calculations faster than any foreseeable classical computers, but their success will depend on pres erving complex coherent quantum states. Recent discoveries have shown us ho w to do that.