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Lloyd proposes quantum computing with pulses and coupled quantum systems

Sep 17, 1993

Seth Lloyd proposes using sequences of electromagnetic pulses to control arrays of weakly coupled quantum systems. His design describes how physical interactions could perform quantum logic, rather than reporting a working machine.

Why it matters

It helped move quantum computing from abstract machine models toward designs based on controllable physical systems.

Seth Lloyd · Los Alamos

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