Jerry Chow, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
Fault tolerant quantum computing is possible by employing quantum error correction techniques. In this talk I will describe an implementation of a true quantum code using 4 lithographically defined superconducting qubits in a square lattice capable of measuring both types of possible quantum errors occurring on a single qubit. The experiment requires highly coherent qubits, high quality quantum operations implementing the detecting circuit, and a high quality independent qubit measurement set-up.
Looking beyond this implementation, there remains both theoretical and experimental control hurdles which must be overcome to build verifiably reliable quantum networks of qubits. I will present some experiments which point towards these important questions and give proposals for future integration capability, measurement integration, and scalable control architectures. The focus will be on a variety of questions which will increasingly become important as the field moves towards a larger network of qubits.