::: Technology
The founders of AQT have been the first persons to realize a controlled-NOT gate operation – the building block for general-purpose quantum computers. Since then, ion-trap quantum computers are at the forefront of quantum technology development: from atomic clocks to quantum simulators, to universal quantum computers.
Using electric fields, single charged atoms are trapped inside vacuum chambers.
Each ion represents a quantum bit, or qubit.
Each qubit is manipulated and measured by precisely timed laser pulses.
Achievements:
- Realization of a scalable Shor algorithm [see here]
- Topologically encoded quantum error correction [see here]
- Quantum chemistry calculations [see here]
- World record on 14-particle entanglement [see here]
- and many more …
Beyond state-of-the-art applications such as factoring, simulations on high-energy physics or quantum-chemistry, AQT ion-trap technologies offer a clear roadmap to large-scale quantum computers: from scalable ion-trap processors to photonic networks connecting quantum computers.
