[QIP-Sem] MIT QIP Seminar Series - Jacob Taylor

[Isaac Chuang]

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The MIT Quantum Information Processing Seminar Series
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Our eighth seminar of the Fall 2005 semester:

Speaker:  Jacob Taylor
          Harvard University

Time:     4:00pm (following refreshments)
Date:     Monday, November 14, 2005
Location: CUA conference room, 26-214

Title: Solid state quantum computation: from physical gates to architectures

Abstract: 

  Solid state approaches to quantum computation offer intriguing
  prospects for large scale integration and long term stability.
  However, achieving fault tolerant quantum computation entails
  significant mitigation of environmental couplings, which is
  particularly challenging in the solid-state. We will discuss the
  theoretical and experimental development of a scalable architecture
  for solid-state quantum computation based on actively protected two
  electron spin states in quantum dots. Specifically, we find a
  universal set of gates for two-spin states that can be implemented
  using only local electrical control, with explicit suppression of
  hyperfine interactions, the dominant source of error. The
  architecture allows for a modular, hierarchical design, and includes
  autonomous control and non-local coupling using controlled electron
  transport. Fault tolerance properties of the architecture will be
  considered.

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