Quantum Textbooks on qubits/trapped ions/BECs for quantum computing

[Marisa5]

Hello,

I was wondering if any of you know about good books on various qubit approaches for making quantum computers. There are a lot of road maps on the internet covering the pros and cons of each approach (for example: https://qt.eu/app/uploads/2018/04/QT-Roadmap-2016.pdf ) but I was hoping there would be something more comprehensive that dives into the technical side behind them. I'm specifically interested in ion traps and bose-einstein condensation as a viable route because it suits my research interests. Thank you for your help!

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[DrClaude]

I would be surprised if there was a textbook on the subject. The field is not mature enough. Once a technology has asserted itself as the way to make an actual quantum computer, people will start writing about that technology.

Even from the point of view of research, you are talking about fields that are pretty much orthogonal to each other. So apart from policy papers, I don't think you'll find a source describing all the different approaches. You'll have to look up review papers in each individual field.

 

[Marisa5]

I would be surprised if there was a textbook on the subject. The field is not mature enough. Once a technology has asserted itself as the way to make an actual quantum computer, people will start writing about that technology.

Even from the point of view of research, you are talking about fields that are pretty much orthogonal to each other. So apart from policy papers, I don't think you'll find a source describing all the different approaches. You'll have to look up review papers in each individual field.

That's what I was concerned about, thank you DrClaude. I've seen a textbook here or there on atom trapping but was hoping there would be something more specific to quantum computing or bose-einstein condensates.

 

[DrClaude]

I should have mentioned also the fact that the field is moving very fast. Looking at the book Charged Particles Traps II: Applications by Werth et al. (Springer), there is a chapter entitled Quantum Computing with Trapped Charged Particles, but it already feels out of date, even though the book is from 2009.

On the topic of BEC with trapped atoms, there are good books that are still relevant, and some more recent review articles.