Abstract The spin-boson model, involving spins interacting with a bath of quantum harmonic oscillators, is a widely used representation of open quantum systems that describe many dissipative processes in physical, chemical and biological systems. Trapped ions present an ideal platform for simulating the quantum dynamics of such models, by accessing both the high-quality internal qubit…
Abstract One of the standard arguments for building a quantum computer is that we might profitably use the entanglements between qubits to simulate the correlations between electrons and thus solve a myriad of important chemical and material design problems. While this is surely an elegant and effective one-line funding justification, the devil is very much in…
Abstract Among the principal challenge facing scalability in ion trap quantum computers is the full integration of optics, digital electronics, and through-wafer vias into the trap chip. I will discuss Oxford Ionics' strategy for developing ion trap quantum computers with 100s-1000s of ions, then describe some of the methodologies for designing large-scale ion trap electrode…