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Circuits that process with magic

Practical quantum computation will require a scalable, robust system to generate and process information with precise control. This is now possible using a superconducting circuit and a little quantum magic.

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Figure 1: A blackjack-style card game analogue for a two-qubit quantum processor.

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Simmonds, R., Strauch, F. Circuits that process with magic. Nature 460, 187–188 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/460187a

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