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Mobile atoms enable efficient computation with logical qubits

Small groups of mobile neutral atoms have been manipulated with extraordinary control to form ‘logical’ quantum bits. These qubits can perform quantum computations more reliably than can individual atoms.
  1. Barbara M. Terhal

    1. Barbara M. Terhal is in the Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CD Delft, the Netherlands.

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Over the past 20 years, scientists have been developing ways of using neutral atoms for quantum computing1. Writing in Nature, Bluvstein et al.2 demonstrate how far these methods have come: the authors’ efficient optical techniques enabled them to control tens to hundreds of atoms in parallel, maintaining the quantum state of the atoms, and allowing them to execute logical operations on an unprecedented scale.

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Nature 626, 36-38 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00075-y

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