References

The MQT IonShuttler has a strong foundation in peer‑reviewed research. Many of its built‑in algorithms are based on methods published in scientific journals and conferences. For an overview of the MQT IonShuttler and its features, see [1]. If you want to cite this article, please use the following BibTeX entry:

@article{schoenberger2024shuttling,
  title        = {Shuttling for Scalable Trapped-Ion Quantum Computers},
  author       = {Schoenberger, Daniel and Hillmich, Stefan and Brandl, Matthias and Wille, Robert},
  year         = 2024,
  journal      = {IEEE Trans. on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems},
  volume       = {44},
  number       = {6},
  pages        = {2144–2155},
  doi          = {10.1109/TCAD.2024.3513262},
  eprint       = {2402.14065},
  eprinttype   = {arXiv}
}

The MQT IonShuttler is part of the Munich Quantum Toolkit, which is described in [2]. If you want to cite the Munich Quantum Toolkit, please use the following BibTeX entry:

@inproceedings{mqt,
  title        = {The {{MQT}} Handbook: {{A}} Summary of Design Automation Tools and Software for Quantum Computing},
  shorttitle   = {{The MQT Handbook}},
  author       = {Wille, Robert and Berent, Lucas and Forster, Tobias and Kunasaikaran, Jagatheesan and Mato, Kevin and Peham, Tom and Quetschlich, Nils and Rovara, Damian and Sander, Aaron and Schmid, Ludwig and Schoenberger, Daniel and Stade, Yannick and Burgholzer, Lukas},
  year         = 2024,
  booktitle    = {IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW)},
  doi          = {10.1109/QSW62656.2024.00013},
  eprint       = {2405.17543},
  eprinttype   = {arxiv},
  addendum     = {A live version of this document is available at \url{https://mqt.readthedocs.io}}
}

If you use the MQT IonShuttler in your work, we would appreciate if you cited [1] (which subsumes [3] and [4]).

A full list of references is given below.

[1] (1,2)

Daniel Schoenberger, Stefan Hillmich, Matthias Brandl, and Robert Wille. Shuttling for scalable trapped-ion quantum computers. IEEE Trans. on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 44(6):2144–2155, 2024. arXiv:2402.14065, doi:10.1109/TCAD.2024.3513262.

[2]

Robert Wille, Lucas Berent, Tobias Forster, Jagatheesan Kunasaikaran, Kevin Mato, Tom Peham, Nils Quetschlich, Damian Rovara, Aaron Sander, Ludwig Schmid, Daniel Schoenberger, Yannick Stade, and Lukas Burgholzer. The MQT handbook: A summary of design automation tools and software for quantum computing. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW). 2024. arXiv:2405.17543, doi:10.1109/QSW62656.2024.00013.

[3]

Daniel Schoenberger, Stefan Hillmich, Matthias Brandl, and Robert Wille. Using Boolean satisfiability for exact shuttling in trapped-ion quantum computers. In Proceedings of the 29th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference. 2024. arXiv:2311.03454, doi:10.1109/ASP-DAC58780.2024.10473902.

[4]

Daniel Schoenberger and Robert Wille. Orchestrating multi-zone shuttling in trapped-ion quantum computers. 2025. arXiv:2505.07928.