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Letter: Ion traps are trumps

Published 3 May 2006

From Igor Fodor

Dan Cho does not mention that researchers at the University of Innsbruck in Austria have entangled eight ions, yielding a quantum byte (25 March, p 42). This is an important step towards a practical quantum computer, and the method should be scalable. The experiment shows that ion traps are probably the most promising technology for quantum computing.

Munich, Germany

Issue no. 2550 published 6 May 2006

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