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Logical quantum processor based on reconfigurable atom arrays

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Abstract

In this talk, we will discuss recent advances in quantum information processing using dynamically reconfigurable arrays of neutral atoms, where physical qubits are encoded in long-lived hyperfine states and entangling operations are realized by coherent excitation into Rydberg states. A central challenge for useful quantum computing is achieving sufficiently low errors rates, therefore requiring quantum error correction for large-scale processing. Here we realize a programmable logical quantum processor, utilizing high two-qubit gate fidelities, arbitrary connectivity, and mid-circuit readout. By encoding logical qubits with various types of error-correcting codes, we demonstrate improved logical two-qubit gates upon increasing the code size, remove entropy via stabilizer measurement, create logical entangled states, and perform computationally complex scrambling circuits. Furthermore, we showcase recent technical upgrades to our platform which enable atomic qubits to be re-used mid-computation, including loss-resolved non-destructive readout, on-the-fly decoding, and local mid-circuit cooling and reinitialization. Together, these results chart a path toward future large-scale quantum information processing and gate-based quantum simulation.

Publication: Nature 626, 58–65 (2024)<br>Bluvstein, Geim, et al., in preparation

Presenters

  • Alexandra A Geim

Authors

  • Alexandra A Geim

  • Dolev Bluvstein

  • Simon J Evered

  • Sophie Helena Huiyuan Li

  • Hengyun Zhou

    QuEra Computing Inc.

  • Tom Manovitz

  • Sepehr Ebadi

    Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Muqing Xu

  • Madelyn Cain

  • Marcin J Kalinowski

  • J. Pablo Bonilla Ataides

  • Nishad Maskara

  • Gefen Baranes

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Andi Gu

  • Shayan Majidy

  • Christian Kokail

    Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

  • Iris Cong

  • Xun Gao

    Harvard University, University of Colorado Boulder

  • Pedro Sales Rodriguez

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, QuEra Computing, QuEra Computing Inc.

  • Giulia Semeghini

  • Michael J Gullans

    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Markus Greiner

  • Vladan Vuletic

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Mikhail D Lukin