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Researchers propose quantum computing with small Josephson junctions

Jun 2, 1997

Alexander Shnirman, Gerd Schön and Ziv Hermon propose superconducting circuits whose charge states store quantum information. Gate voltages would control individual qubits and systems of several qubits.

Why it matters

The proposal lays out how electrical circuits could become controllable quantum bits, ahead of experimental demonstrations of superconducting qubits.

Alexander Shnirman · Gerd Schön · Ziv Hermon · University of Karlsruhe · Tel Aviv University

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