Hardware for Quantum Computing

Focusing on the physical implementation of qubits, this book delves into various methods such as trapped ions and nitrogen vacancy centers, highlighting their significance in quantum computing. It emphasizes how the choice of physical qubit affects decoherence times, computational efficiency, and error rates. The exploration of current approaches to qubit implementation is thorough, and the appendices provide essential reviews of basic quantum computing and physics concepts, making it a comprehensive resource for understanding quantum architecture.