Fast Gates and Mixed-Species Entanglement with Trapped Ions

Quantum logic gates are the crucial information-processing operation of quantum
computers. Two crucial performance metrics for logic gates are their precision and
speed. Quantum processors based on trapped ions have always been the touchstone
for gate precision, but have suffered from slow speed relative to other quantum logic
platforms such as solid state systems. This thesis shows that it is possible to accelerate
the logic "clock speed" from kHz to MHz speeds, whilst maintaining a p...