Breakthrough for the realization of ultrafast quantum computers: the world’s fastest 2-Qubit gate between two single atoms (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Breakthrough for the realization of ultrafast quantum computers: the world’s fastest 2-Qubit gate between two single atoms

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Fig. 1. Conceptual diagram of the world’s fastest two-qubit gate. Two atoms captured in optical tweezers (red light) with a separation of a micrometer are manipulated by a ultrafast laser pulse (blue light) shone for only 10 picoseconds.

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Image source: Dr. Takafumi Tomita (IMS)

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