Five on a line: an ion trap with four segmented blade electrodes used to trap a linear chain of atomic ions for quantum-information processing. Each ion is addressed optically for individual control and read-out using the high optical access of the trap. (Courtesy: Emily Edwards)
A five-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer, which is programmable and reconfigurable, has been demons
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