2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/145723We briefly review the development and theory of an experiment to investigate quantum computation with trapped calcium ions. The ion trap, laser and ion requirements are determined, and the parameters required for simple quantum logic operations are described12 pages, 6 figures; to appear in Proc. NASA-QCQC'98Quantum Physicstext