@article {1357, title = {Wigner crystals of ions as quantum hard drives}, journal = {Physical Review A}, volume = {78}, year = {2008}, month = {2008/12/18}, abstract = {Atomic systems in regular lattices are intriguing systems for implementing ideas in quantum simulation and information processing. Focusing on laser cooled ions forming Wigner crystals in Penning traps, we find a robust and simple approach to engineering non-trivial 2-body interactions sufficient for universal quantum computation. We then consider extensions of our approach to the fast generation of large cluster states, and a non-local architecture using an asymmetric entanglement generation procedure between a Penning trap system and well-established linear Paul trap designs. }, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.78.062331}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0706.1951v1}, author = {J. M. Taylor and T. Calarco} }