Undergrad How are quantum bits implememted?

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The discussion focuses on the need for clearer explanations of how quantum bits (qubits) are implemented in hardware, contrasting them with traditional bits represented by voltage levels in circuits. The original poster finds existing resources, like Wikipedia, too abstract and seeks more concrete examples. They reference a wiki article that includes a table of qubit implementations and mention an IBM quantum computing interface for further exploration. Additionally, a PowerPoint presentation is highlighted as a resource discussing a specific qubit system and the concept of superposition. The conversation emphasizes the desire for more visual and detailed representations of qubit systems.
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Its very easy to pull a logic gate or transistor circuit of the internet for example and begin to understand how it represents physical bits, by either having 5V across the circuit or below 3.3V. But I was wondering what are some of the methods for representing qubits from a hardware perspective.

I have already looked on Wikipedia and find the explanation to be very abstract and vague.

Thanks
 
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This wiki article has a table of implementations halfway into the article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qubit

see the Physical Representation section.

Here's a discussion of the IBM quantum computing web interface:

https://solutiondesign.com/blog/-/blogs/quantum-computing

I couldn't find a pictorial article on the various qubit systems though.

I found this powerpoint discussion which talks about one such system and superposition:

http://www.slideshare.net/rushmila/quantum-computing-introduction?next_slideshow=1
 
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Time reversal invariant Hamiltonians must satisfy ##[H,\Theta]=0## where ##\Theta## is time reversal operator. However, in some texts (for example see Many-body Quantum Theory in Condensed Matter Physics an introduction, HENRIK BRUUS and KARSTEN FLENSBERG, Corrected version: 14 January 2016, section 7.1.4) the time reversal invariant condition is introduced as ##H=H^*##. How these two conditions are identical?

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