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Chris Monroe

from Joint Quantum Institute (University of Maryland + National Institute of Standards and Technology) gave today a talk about quantum simulator based on trapped ions. You see we are rich in talks this month, and all are good.

I’ve learned a lot about ion traps, including intimate details like spontaneous exchange of ions in the trap or complete melting of ion micro-lattice in cause of a collision with an alien atom, that happens once in fifteen minutes. All experiments presented were breath-taking in two aspects. First aspect is a challenging complexity of quantum manipulation involved. Second aspect is that the sucsessful accomplishment of the experiment relies on so many fine details: if you go through all conditions required, and imagine that a failure at each step would be fatal, your breath is taken away.

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