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Yale researchers run quantum algorithms on a solid-state processor for the first time
Jun 28, 2009
Leonardo DiCarlo, Robert Schoelkopf and colleagues at Yale report in Nature a two-qubit superconducting chip that ran simple versions of Grover's search and the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm. Earlier few-qubit processors had used atomic nuclei, trapped ions or photons rather than an electronic circuit.
Why it matters
It showed a quantum processor could be built as an all-electronic chip, like a regular microprocessor: the superconducting approach later scaled up by companies such as IBM and Google.
Leonardo DiCarlo · Robert J. Schoelkopf · Steven M. Girvin · Yale
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Nature
Demonstration of two-qubit algorithms with a superconducting quantum processor
“Here we demonstrate a two-qubit superconducting processor and the implementation of the Grover search and Deutsch–Jozsa quantum algorithms”
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Yale News
Scientists create first electronic quantum processor
“A team led by Yale University researchers has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, taking another step toward the ultimate dream of building a quantum computer. They also used the two-qubit superconducting chip to successfully run elementary algorithms, such as a simple search, demonstrating quantum information processing with a solid-state device for the first time.”
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