An FPGA-based microarchitecture for the implementation of quantum gates with trapped ions
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Nichols, Charles Spencer
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Quantum computing promises to revolutionize computing by providing exponential speed improvements to classically difficult problems. Over the past 30 years, experimental research has progressed from manipulating quantum systems to creating elementary gates in many quantum mechanical systems. One of the most successful media for implementing quantum gates is trapped ions. Current trapped-ion quantum computing architectures have very high gate fidelities and long coherence times, but creating quantum gates with low error rates with trapped ions is challenging since it requires precise trap and laser control. In order to implement quantum gates with trapped ions, I have created a field-programmable-gate-array- (FPGA) based microarchitecture for constructing laser-pulse sequences and controlling ancillary equipment. The microarchitecture is centralized to minimize experimental timing errors and is programmable to provide the generality necessary for implementing a vast range of experiments.
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2012-12-18
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