These atoms would function as individual qubits and would be controlled by 'optical tweezers.'
, for example, uses rubidium atoms as qubits. Rubidium appears on the periodic table as one of the alkaline metals, with the atomic number 37. To get the atom to carry quantum information, researchers will shine a laser at it to excite it to different energy levels. Two of these levels can be isolated, and labeled as the 0 and 1 values for the qubit. In their excited states, atoms can interact with other atoms close by.
Already, peer-reviewed papers have been published, testing the possibilities of running a quantum algorithm on
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