(Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense)
Researchers from the University of Maryland, the University of Maryland, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have envisioned a modular system for scaling quantum processors with a flexible way of linking qubits over long distances. While there are many types of qubits, the researchers chose to study quantum dot-based spin qubits that interact through microwave photons in a superconducting cavity. (Quantum dots are semiconductor nanoparticles that have unique size- and shape-dependent optoelectronic properties.) The researchers provided comprehensive guidelines for tailored long-distance entangling links by making multiple frequencies available for each qubit to become linked with microwave cavity photons of a given frequency.
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