AJ Rasmusson
@ajras.bsky.social
Husband. Dad. Researcher | NRC Postdoctoral Research at NIST Ion Storage | Open Source Quantum.
IonQ bought Oxford ionics?! What a shake up. Oxford Ionics started a bit later in the game, but its unique laser-free gates have the lowest two-qubit gate errors of ANY platform. They bring other tech advances as well. Interested to see how this changes IonQ’s long term strategy
Want an AI lab notebook. - Smart search finds past troubleshooting notes. - Dictation and summaries to speed up note taking and making clear conclusions day to day - automatically connect daily entries with clear timelines of changes to hardware - give new students reports to get up to speed
You should have to work in a lab for 1 week before proposing a new quantum error correction code.
Is there a time symmetry based code? A cousin to the time crystal? Other QEC codes are built on symmetries
@msftresearch.bsky.social maybe switch to trapped-ion qubits? #quantum
A motivated undergrad asks you where to go for grad school and what topics there are to study. What do you say? #quantum
Did you know trapped-ion qubits have demonstrated over 1 HOUR of coherence? More than 3600 seconds! #Quantum www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Single ion qubit with estimated coherence time exceeding one hour - Nature Communications
Extending qubit coherence times represent one of the key challenges for quantum technologies. Here, after properly suppressing magnetic-field fluctuations, frequency instability and leakage of the mic...
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Instead of wading through the quantum hype of the last week, Read up on some quantum history. The first “quantum computing relevant” (to my knowledge) 2-qubit gate www.nature.com/articles/350...
Experimental entanglement of four particles - Nature
Nature - Experimental entanglement of four particles
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Did Microsoft announce to the world that they have a qubit, but then publish a result that isn’t a qubit? #Quantum
Though NIST is the “public sector” that hasn’t stopped anyone here from being productive. (Nobels: 1997, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2012, …) #Quantum
Useful perspective, clearly written and well-reasoned. arxiv.org/abs/2501.05694
Myths around quantum computation before full fault tolerance: What no-go theorems rule out and what they don't
In this perspective article, we revisit and critically evaluate prevailing viewpoints on the capabilities and limitations of near-term quantum computing and its potential transition toward fully fault...
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“Experts' forecasts will always be wrong. It is simply impossible to predict with any useful degree of precision how disruptive products will be used or how large their markets will be.” The innovator’s dilemma by Clay Christensen
A friends asks, “what does 20 divided by 7 equal again?” What do you say?
“The idea factory: Bell labs and the great age of American innovation” has got me thinking… A legalized monopoly (AT&T) had a critical mass of researchers which—in part—enabled amazing innovation, so…
My grad advisor Phil Richerme is actively seeking to fill new positions in his trapped-ion lab. Couldn’t recommend this enough. Group page: iontrap.physics.indiana.edu/index.html #quantum
Richerme Lab
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If I had to pick a favorite paper of the year, this would be among the top. arxiv.org/pdf/2407.07694 Laserless single (99.99916) and two-qubit (99.97) gates. They bring a new paradigm for a platform that’s been going strong for 20+ years (Also enjoy the integrated form factor) #quantum
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How are we going to speed up trapped ion quantum processors? Feels like it’s time for a step function in innovation