Embracing the quantum limit in silicon computing

John J. L. Morton (), Dane R. McCamey, Mark A. Eriksson and Stephen A. Lyon
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John J. L. Morton: University of Oxford
Dane R. McCamey: School of Physics, University of Sydney
Mark A. Eriksson: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Stephen A. Lyon: Princeton University

Nature, 2011, vol. 479, issue 7373, 345-353

Abstract: Abstract Quantum computers hold the promise of massive performance enhancements across a range of applications, from cryptography and databases to revolutionary scientific simulation tools. Such computers would make use of the same quantum mechanical phenomena that pose limitations on the continued shrinking of conventional information processing devices. Many of the key requirements for quantum computing differ markedly from those of conventional computers. However, silicon, which plays a central part in conventional information processing, has many properties that make it a superb platform around which to build a quantum computer.

Date: 2011
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