Title : 
Toward quantum computation: a five-qubit quantum processor
         
        
            Author : 
Steffen, Martin ; Chuang, I.L.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Quantum physics presents intriguing possibilities for achieving computational gains after conventional miniaturization reaches its limits. Accordingly, we describe a nuclear magnetic-resonance quantum computer demonstrating a quantum algorithm that exponentially outperforms classical algorithms
         
        
            Keywords : 
nuclear magnetic resonance; quantum computing; five-qubit quantum processor; nuclear magnetic-resonance; quantum algorithm; quantum computation; Complexity theory; Computational modeling; Concurrent computing; Distributed computing; Information processing; Parallel processing; Physics computing; Polynomials; Quantum computing; Quantum mechanics;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Micro, IEEE