Quantum science with optical tweezer arrays of ultracold atoms and molecules

AM Kaufman, KK Ni - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Single atoms and molecules can be trapped in tightly focused beams of light that form
'optical tweezers', affording exquisite capabilities for the control and detection of individual …

Rydberg atom quantum technologies

CS Adams, JD Pritchard… - Journal of Physics B …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This topical review addresses how Rydberg atoms can serve as building blocks for
emerging quantum technologies. Whereas the fabrication of large numbers of artificial …

High-fidelity parallel entangling gates on a neutral-atom quantum computer

SJ Evered, D Bluvstein, M Kalinowski, S Ebadi… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The ability to perform entangling quantum operations with low error rates in a scalable
fashion is a central element of useful quantum information processing. Neutral-atom arrays …

Quantum simulation and computing with Rydberg-interacting qubits

M Morgado, S Whitlock - AVS Quantum Science, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Arrays of optically trapped atoms excited to Rydberg states have recently emerged as a
competitive physical platform for quantum simulation and computing, where high-fidelity …

Generation and manipulation of Schrödinger cat states in Rydberg atom arrays

A Omran, H Levine, A Keesling, G Semeghini, TT Wang… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Quantum entanglement involving coherent superpositions of macroscopically distinct states
is among the most striking features of quantum theory, but its realization is challenging …

Ytterbium nuclear-spin qubits in an optical tweezer array

A Jenkins, JW Lis, A Senoo, WF McGrew, AM Kaufman - Physical Review X, 2022 - APS
We report on the realization of a fast, scalable, and high-fidelity qubit architecture, based on
Yb 171 atoms in an optical tweezer array. We demonstrate several attractive properties of …

Parallel implementation of high-fidelity multiqubit gates with neutral atoms

H Levine, A Keesling, G Semeghini, A Omran… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
We report the implementation of universal two-and three-qubit entangling gates on neutral-
atom qubits encoded in long-lived hyperfine ground states. The gates are mediated by …

Half-minute-scale atomic coherence and high relative stability in a tweezer clock

AW Young, WJ Eckner, WR Milner, D Kedar, MA Norcia… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The preparation of large, low-entropy, highly coherent ensembles of identical quantum
systems is fundamental for many studies in quantum metrology, simulation and information …

Atom-by-atom assembly of defect-free one-dimensional cold atom arrays

M Endres, H Bernien, A Keesling, H Levine… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The realization of large-scale fully controllable quantum systems is an exciting frontier in
modern physical science. We use atom-by-atom assembly to implement a platform for the …

An atom-by-atom assembler of defect-free arbitrary two-dimensional atomic arrays

D Barredo, S De Léséleuc, V Lienhard, T Lahaye… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Large arrays of individually controlled atoms trapped in optical tweezers are a very
promising platform for quantum engineering applications. However, deterministic loading of …