IP Library Granted Patent US 12,417,395
Granted Patent B2
US 12,417,395 · App. 18/618,543 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Decreased crosstalk atomic object detection

Inventors: John Gaebler (Golden, CO); Brian Neyenhuis (Broomfield, CO)
Assignee: Quantinuum LLC
G06N10/00H04B10/70
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Patent No.
US 12,417,395
App. No.
18/618,543
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, systems, or computer program products for performing decreased crosstalk atomic object reading/detection. A controller is operatively connected to components of a system comprising a confinement apparatus comprising RF electrodes defining an RF null axis and a plurality of longitudinal electrodes. The components comprise voltage sources and manipulation sources. The controller is configured to cause an atomic object being read and neighboring atomic object(s) to be confined by the confinement apparatus; and cause the voltage sources to provide first control signals to longitudinal electrodes. The first control signals cause the longitudinal electrodes to generate a push field configured to cause one of the atomic object being read or the neighboring atomic object(s) to move off the RF null axis. The controller is further configured to cause a manipulation source to generate/provide a reading beam that is at least partly incident on the atomic object being read.

Claims (42)

1. A method comprising:

providing at least two atomic objects within a confinement apparatus, the at least two atomic objects comprising an atomic object being read and at least one neighboring atomic object;

controlling operation of the confinement apparatus to cause one of the atomic object being read or the at least one neighboring atomic object to oscillate in a first direction; and

causing a manipulation source to generate and provide a reading beam in a reading beam direction such that the reading beam is incident at least in part on the atomic object being read.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first direction has a non-zero component in the reading beam direction.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reading beam is resonant with a particular quantum transition of the atomic object being read.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the atomic object being read oscillates in the first direction and a frequency of the reading beam is modulated so that in an oscillating reference frame of the atomic object being read, the reading beam is resonant with a particular quantum transition of the atomic object being read.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising controlling operation of the confinement apparatus to cause one of the atomic object being read or the at least one neighboring atomic object to oscillate in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein when the atomic object being read emits stimulated emission in response to the reading beam being incident thereon, the stimulated emission is off resonance for the at least one neighboring atomic object.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the confinement apparatus is operable to cause one of the atomic object being read or the at least one neighboring atomic object to oscillate in the first direction by applying at least one of a push force or an oscillating potential the one of the atomic object being read or the at least one neighboring atomic object.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

beginning to execute a quantum circuit using the at least two atomic objects within the atomic object confinement apparatus;

during the performance of the quantum circuit, identifying a read function to be performed, wherein (a) the controlling operation of the confinement apparatus to cause one of the atomic object being read or the at least one neighboring atomic object to oscillate in the first direction and (b) the causing of the manipulation source to generate and provide the reading beam are performed responsive to identifying the read function to be performed; and

continuing to execute the quantum circuit.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving a read result responsive to the reading beam being incident at least in part on the atomic object being read; and

adjusting the quantum circuit based at least in part on the read result such that the adjusted quantum circuit is executed.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first direction has a non-zero component in the reading beam direction.

11. A system comprising:

a confinement apparatus configured to confine at least two atomic objects;

a manipulation source to generate and provide a reading beam; and

a controller configured to control operation of the confinement apparatus and the manipulation source, wherein the controller is configured to perform:

causing the at least two atomic objects to be confined by the confinement apparatus, the at least two atomic objects comprising an atomic object being read and at least one neighboring atomic object;

controlling operation of the confinement apparatus to cause one of the atomic object being read or the at least one neighboring atomic object to oscillate in a first direction; and

causing the manipulation source to generate and provide the reading beam in a reading beam direction such that the reading beam is incident at least in part on the atomic object being read.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first direction has a non-zero component in the reading beam direction.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the reading beam is resonant with a particular quantum transition of the atomic object being read.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the atomic object being read oscillates in the first direction and a frequency of the reading beam is modulated so that in an oscillating reference frame of the atomic object being read, the reading beam is resonant with a particular quantum transition of the atomic object being read.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to perform controlling operation of the confinement apparatus to cause one of the atomic object being read or the at least one neighboring atomic object to oscillate in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein when the atomic object being read emits stimulated emission in response to the reading beam being incident thereon, the stimulated emission is off resonance for the at least one neighboring atomic object.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the confinement apparatus is operable to cause one of the atomic object being read or the at least one neighboring atomic object to oscillate in the first direction by applying at least one of a push force or an oscillating potential the one of the atomic object being read or the at least one neighboring atomic object.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to perform:

causing the system to begin executing a quantum circuit using the at least two atomic objects within the atomic object confinement apparatus;

during the performance of the quantum circuit, identifying a read function to be performed, wherein (a) the controlling operation of the confinement apparatus to cause one of the atomic object being read or the at least one neighboring atomic object to oscillate in the first direction and (b) the causing of the manipulation source to generate and provide the reading beam are performed responsive to identifying the read function to be performed; and

causing the system to continue executing the quantum circuit.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the controller is further configured to perform:

receiving a read result responsive to the reading beam being incident at least in part on the atomic object being read; and

adjusting the quantum circuit based at least in part on the read result such that the adjusted quantum circuit is executed.

20. A controller operatively connected to one or more components of a system comprising a confinement apparatus and a manipulation source, the controller configured to:

cause at least two atomic objects to be confined by the confinement apparatus, the at least two atomic objects comprising an atomic object being read and at least one neighboring atomic object;

control operation of the confinement apparatus to cause one of the atomic object being read or the at least one neighboring atomic object to oscillate in a first direction; and

cause the manipulation source to generate and provide a reading beam in a reading beam direction such that the reading beam is incident at least in part on the atomic object being read.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2024
From: GAEBLER, JOHN; NEYENHUIS, BRIAN
To: QUANTINUUM LLC
Reel/Frame 066928/0514 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17393011 · Aug 3, 2021
Provisional Application 63088064 · Oct 6, 2020
Related Publication 20250036985A1 · Jan 30, 2025
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