Trapped Ion Qubits
Discover the highest-fidelity quantum computing platform with extraordinary coherence times
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Superconducting Qubits
Introduction to Trapped Ion Qubits
Trapped ion qubits use individual atoms held in electromagnetic traps as quantum bits. They offer the highest gate fidelities (99.9%+) and extraordinarily long coherence times (>10 minutes), making them ideal for error correction and complex algorithms.
99.9%
Gate Fidelity
>10 min
Coherence
All-to-all
Connectivity
Why Trapped Ions?
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Exceptional Fidelity
Highest gate accuracy of any platform
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Long Coherence
Minutes to hours vs microseconds
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All-to-All Connectivity
Any ion can interact with any other
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Identical Qubits
Natural atoms are perfectly identical
Key Components
Electromagnetic Trap
RF and DC fields confine ions in vacuum at specific positions
Laser Cooling
Lasers cool ions to near motional ground state (~mK)
Qubit Encoding
Electronic states of ion encode quantum information
Phonon Bus
Collective motion mediates interactions between distant ions