NMR Quantum Information Processing

Chandrasekhar Ramanathan, Nicolas Boulant, Zhiying Chen, David Cory, Isaac L. Chuang, and Matthias Steffen
Quant. Inf. Proc. 3 , 25, pp. 15-44 (2004)

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has provided a valuable experimental testbed for quantum information processing (QIP). Here, we briefly review the use of nuclear spins as qubits, and discuss the current status of NMR-QIP. Advances in the techniques available for control are described along with the various implementations of quantum algorithms and quantum simulations that have been performed using NMR. The recent application of NMR control techniques to other quantum computing systems are reviewed before concluding with a description of the efforts currently underway to transition to solid state NMR systems that hold promise for scalable qrchitectures.