L. M. Duan and C. Monroe wrote:
"Quantum computation remains one of the most challenging problems in science. In recent years there have been many developments, theoretical and experimental, in this active area of research. In this Colloquium the issue of quantum networks in the context of information exchange between trapped ions by photons is discussed. Advances in this area can have huge impacts in communication and computation."
Published 28 April 2010
pp. 1209-1224 Reviews of Modern Physics