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Publication
IEEE Micro
Paper
Toward quantum computation: A five-qubit quantum processor
Abstract
A nuclear magnetic-resonance (NMR) quantum computer demonstrating a quantum algorithm that exponentially outperforms classical algorithms is described. A NMR quantum computer consists of a molecule with several atoms with a spin-1/2 nucleus. The description of the fundamental concepts behind quantum computations, qubits, quantum parallelism, quantum algorithms, and challenges of building a quantum computer are discussed.