Top 10 quantum computing experiments of 2019
The last decade has seen quantum computing grow from a niche research endeavour to a large-scale business operation. While it’s exciting that the field is experiencing a surge of private funding and media publicity, it’s worth remembering that nobody yet knows how to build a useful fault-tolerant quantum computer. The path ahead is not “just engineering”, and in the coming decade we have to pay attention to all the “alternative approaches”, “crazy ideas” and “new ways of doing things”.
With this in mind, I created this subjective list of quantum computing research highlights of 2019. It highlights experimental achievements which show new exciting ways of controlling qubits. In such a vast space of literature, I have no doubt I missed some essential works, so I encourage you to get in touch and add your favourites to the list.
Here are the highlights in no particular order.
1. Encoding logical qubits as grid states
P. Campagne-Ibarcq et al, A stabilized logical quantum bit encoded in grid states of a superconducting cavity,
