Centennial Honors College
Western Illinois University
Undergraduate Research Day 2014
Poster Presentation
Towards Quantum Dynamical Decoupling with Trapped Ions
Wallace S. Teixeira
Faculty Mentor: Kishor T. Kapale
Physics
New algorithms and communication protocols using quantum properties, such as
superposition states and entanglement, have shown that some unsolvable classical
tasks can be easily solved by a quantum computer since the 1990s. In order for it to
occur, it is essential the implementation of methods for suppressing the effects of the
interaction between the quantum computer and the external world. In this way, quantum
dynamical decoupling comes up as a good alternative because it requires less
resources than quantum error correction does. The aim of this project is to investigate
optimized techniques for dynamical decoupling that can be implemented using ion traps
structures.