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Physical Qudits

The transistor of quantum computing. An actual physical structure that encodes an arbitrary number of real quantum states. In contrast to classical bits, qudits can be in a superposition of these states. The Qubit is the simplest form of a qudit encoding two distinct states.

Quantum

Examples

  • \(\ket{0}\)

Synonyms

  • Qubit
  • Qudit