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Shor’s algorithm is implemented using five trapped ions

04 Mar 2016 Hamish Johnston
Photograph of the Paul trap was used to create a five-qubit quantum computer
Quantum factor: the Paul trap used by Monz and colleagues. (Courtesy: C Lackner/Quantum Optics and Spectroscopy Group, University of Innsbruck)
A quantum computer made of five trapped ions has been used by physicists in Austria and the US to im

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