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Method and apparatus for quantum information processing using entangled neutral-atom qubits

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1433250

A method for preparing an entangled quantum state of an atomic ensemble is provided. The method includes loading each atom of the atomic ensemble into a respective optical trap; placing each atom of the atomic ensemble into a same first atomic quantum state by impingement of pump radiation; approaching the atoms of the atomic ensemble to within a dipole-dipole interaction length of each other; Rydberg-dressing the atomic ensemble; during the Rydberg-dressing operation, exciting the atomic ensemble with a Raman pulse tuned to stimulate a ground-state hyperfine transition from the first atomic quantum state to a second atomic quantum state; and separating the atoms of the atomic ensemble by more than a dipole-dipole interaction length.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
9,934,469
Application Number:
15/370,224
OSTI ID:
1433250
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (5)

Two-atom Rydberg blockade using direct 6 S to n P excitation journal March 2014
Entangling atomic spins with a Rydberg-dressed spin-flip blockade journal October 2015
Quantum computing with atomic qubits and Rydberg interactions: progress and challenges journal October 2016
Rydberg Quantum Gates Free from Blockade Error journal June 2017
Adiabatic quantum computation with Rydberg-dressed atoms journal May 2013

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