References & Sources  -  September 12, 1998

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Sight unseen: Quantum errors found, fixed

Error correction for quantum computers, an ability required for practical operations, passes its first real-world test.

 

References:

Cory, D.G. . . . R. Laflamme, et al. 1998. Experimental quantum error correction. Physical Review Letters 81(Sept. 7):2152.

 

Further Readings:

Peterson, I. 1998. Overcoming quantum error. Science News 153(Feb. 21):127.

______. 1997. Divide and conquer for quantum computers. Science News 151(June 14):367.

______. 1996. Quantum-quick queries. Science News 150(Aug. 31):143.

______. 1996. Catching errors in scrambled quantum bits. Science News 149(Jan. 20):38.

Vergano, D. 1997. Brewing a quantum computer in a coffee shop. Science News 151(Jan. 18):37.

 

Sources:

David G. Cory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Nuclear Engineering
Cambridge, MA 02139

David P. DiVincenzo
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
P.O. Box 218
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

Raymond Laflamme
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Theoretical Astrophysics, T-6
MSB 288
Los Alamos, NM 87545

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 11, September 12, 1998, p. 165.
Copyright © 1998 by Science Service.

 

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