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Reliable quantum circuits have defects

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Reliable quantum circuits have defects

The first large-scale practical quantum computer is within reach. Coming to grips with the strategy and challenges of preparing reliable executions of an arbitrary quantum computation is not difficult. In fact, defects are good.

By Alexandru Paler, Austin G. Fowler, Robert Wille, September 2016

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Programming quantum computers using 3-D puzzles, coffee cups, and doughnuts

Programming quantum computers using 3-D puzzles, coffee cups, and doughnuts

Programming a quantum computer is a task as baffling as quantum mechanics itself. But it now looks like a simple 3-D puzzle may hold the solution.

By Simon J. Devitt, September 2016

PDF | HTML | In the Digital Library