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Further Reading: Chapter 27 — Trapped Ion Qubits: Individual Atoms Manipulated by Lasers — IonQ, Quantinuum, and the Highest-Fidelity Qubits

  • Cirac, J. I. and Zoller, P. "Quantum computations with cold trapped ions." Physical Review Letters, 74(20), 4091 (1995). — The original trapped-ion quantum computing proposal.
  • Mølmer, K. and Sørensen, A. "Multiparticle entanglement of hot trapped ions." Physical Review Letters, 82(9), 1835 (1999). — The MS gate.
  • Leibfried, D., et al. "Quantum dynamics of single trapped ions." Reviews of Modern Physics, 75(1), 281 (2003). — Comprehensive review.
  • Pino, J. M., et al. "Demonstration of the trapped-ion quantum CCD computer architecture." Nature, 592, 209–213 (2021). — Quantinuum's QCCD demonstration.
  • IonQ. "IonQ Aria: Technical specifications." — IonQ hardware documentation.
  • Wineland, D. J., et al. "Experimental issues in coherent quantum-state manipulation of trapped atomic ions." Journal of Research of NIST, 103(3), 259 (1998). — Foundational experimental techniques.
  • Bruzewicz, C. D., et al. "Trapped-ion quantum computing: Progress and challenges." Applied Physics Reviews, 6(2), 021314 (2019). — Modern review.
  • Monroe, C., et al. "Large-scale modular quantum-computer architecture with atomic memory." Physical Review A, 89(2), 022317 (2014). — Photonic interconnect architecture.
  • Brown, K. R., et al. "Coherent trapping of ion chains for quantum computing." Nature, 471(7338), 196 (2011). — Sympathetic cooling.