Title: Superconducting Quantum Computation - Hardware and Applications

Speaker: Dr. Peter J. Love, Senior Applications Scientist D-Wave Systems Inc.

Date/Time: Monday, December 12, 2005, 9:00-10:00 am

Location: Building 980, Room 95 (Sandia NM)

Brief Abstract: The implementation of one- and two-qubit gates in superconducting qubit prototypes has confirmed their utility for quantum computation. Such qubits are readily fabricated, and highly scalable.  Superconducting architectures are suitable for implementation of the adiabatic model quantum computing, avoiding the difficulties of pulsed control. I will discuss D-Wave's approach to the realization of superconducting quantum computers, and the commercial applications of quantum computing.