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US 12,431,255 · App. 17/865,138 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Methods and apparatuses for trap-door loading

Inventors: Jeremy Matthew Sage (Acton, MA); Michael Lurie Goldman (University Park, MD)
Assignee: IonQ, Inc.
G21K1/003G06N10/40
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Patent No.
US 12,431,255
App. No.
17/865,138
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure may include a method and/or a system for trap-door loading including pumping at least one qubit ion from a first manifold of a first plurality of manifolds to a second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds, drive the at least one qubit ion via a partial clock transition from the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds to a third manifold of a second plurality of manifolds, applying one or more Raman pulses to transfer the at least one qubit ion from the third manifold of the second plurality of manifolds to a fourth manifold of the second plurality of manifolds, flushing the at least one qubit ion using a high-fidelity pumping back to the first plurality of manifolds, and illuminating the first plurality of manifolds for verification.

Claims (58)

1. A method for trap-door loading in a quantum information processing (QIP) system, comprising:

pumping at least one qubit ion from a first manifold of a first plurality of manifolds to a second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds;

driving the at least one qubit ion via a partial clock transition from the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds to a third manifold of a second plurality of manifolds;

applying one or more Raman pulses to transfer the at least one qubit ion from the third manifold of the second plurality of manifolds to a fourth manifold of the second plurality of manifolds;

flushing the at least one qubit ion using a high-fidelity pumping back to the first plurality of manifolds; and

illuminating the first plurality of manifolds for verification.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein flushing the at least one qubit ion comprises:

pumping the at least one qubit ion from the third manifold of the second plurality of manifolds to the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds; and

pumping the at least one qubit ion from the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds to the first manifold of the first plurality of manifolds.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising repeating the flushing the at least one qubit ion at least one time.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first plurality of manifolds is associated with a S 1/2 manifold; and

the second plurality of manifolds is associated with a D 5/2 manifold.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising applying one or more additional Raman pulses to initialize one or more qubit ions of the at least one qubit ion that failed to initialize during the application of the one or more Raman pulses.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, prior to pumping the at least one qubit from the first manifold or after illuminating the first plurality of manifolds:

applying one or more second Raman pulses to transfer at least one ancilla ion from the fourth manifold of the second plurality of manifolds to the third manifold of the second plurality of manifolds;

transferring the at least one ancilla ion from the third manifold of the second plurality of manifolds to the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds; and

applying one or more of an individual Raman beam or a global beam to separate the at least one ancilla ion from the at least one qubit ion.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising, prior to applying the one or more second Raman pulses, pumping at least one coolant ion from the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds to the first manifold of the first plurality of manifolds.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored therein that, when executed by one or more processors of a quantum information processing (QIP) system, cause the one or more processors to:

cause a first light source to pump at least one qubit ion from a first manifold of a first plurality of manifolds to a second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds;

cause a second light source to drive the at least one qubit ion via a partial clock transition from the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds to a third manifold of a second plurality of manifolds;

cause a third light source to apply one or more Raman pulses to transfer the at least one qubit ion from the third manifold of the second plurality of manifolds to a fourth manifold of the second plurality of manifolds;

cause a fourth light source to flush the at least one qubit ion using a high-fidelity pumping back to the first plurality of manifolds; and

cause a fifth light source to illuminate the first plurality of manifolds for verification.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions for flushing the at least one qubit ion comprises instructions for:

pumping the at least one qubit ion from the third manifold of the second plurality of manifolds to the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds; and

pumping the at least one qubit ion from the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds to the first manifold of the first plurality of manifolds.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising instructions for repeating the flushing the at least one qubit ion.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein:

the first plurality of manifolds is associated with a S 1/2 manifold; and

the second plurality of manifolds is associated with a D 5/2 manifold.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , further comprising instructions for applying one or more additional Raman pulses to initialize one or more qubit ions of the at least one qubit ion that failed to initialize during the application of the one or more Raman pulses.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , further comprising instructions for, prior to pumping the at least one qubit from the first manifold or after illuminating the first plurality of manifolds:

applying one or more second Raman pulses to transfer at least one ancilla ion from the fourth manifold of the second plurality of manifolds to the third manifold of the second plurality of manifolds;

transferring the at least one ancilla ion from the third manifold of the second plurality of manifolds to the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds; and

applying one or more of an individual Raman beam or a global beam to separate the at least one ancilla ion from the at least one qubit ion.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , further comprising instructions for, prior to applying the one or more second Raman pulses, pumping at least one coolant ion from the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds to the first manifold of the first plurality of manifolds.

15. A quantum information processing (QIP) system, comprising:

a laser scheme including a plurality of light sources and configured to apply at least one of the plurality of light sources to a plurality of ions in the QIP system; and

a controller configured to execute instructions in a memory to:

cause a first light source of the plurality of light sources to pump at least one qubit ion from a first manifold of a first plurality of manifolds to a second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds;

cause a second light source of the plurality of light sources to drive the at least one qubit ion via a partial clock transition from the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds to a third manifold of a second plurality of manifolds;

cause a third light source of the plurality of light sources to apply one or more Raman pulses to transfer the at least one qubit ion from the third manifold of the second plurality of manifolds to a fourth manifold of the second plurality of manifolds;

cause a fourth light source of the plurality of light sources to flush the at least one qubit ion using a high-fidelity pumping back to the first plurality of manifolds; and

cause a fifth light source of the plurality of light sources to illuminate the first plurality of manifolds for verification.

16. The QIP system of claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

pump the at least one qubit ion from the third manifold of the second plurality of manifolds to the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds; and

pump the at least one qubit ion from the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds to the first manifold of the first plurality of manifolds.

17. The QIP system of claim 15 , wherein:

the first plurality of manifolds is associated with a S 1/2 manifold; and

the second plurality of manifolds is associated with a D 5/2 manifold.

18. The QIP system of claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to apply one or more additional Raman pulses to initialize one or more qubit ions of the at least one qubit ion that failed to initialize during the application of the one or more Raman pulses.

19. The QIP system of claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to, prior to pumping the at least one qubit from the first manifold or after illuminating the first plurality of manifolds:

apply one or more second Raman pulses to transfer at least one ancilla ion from the fourth manifold of the second plurality of manifolds to the third manifold of the second plurality of manifolds;

transfer the at least one ancilla ion from the third manifold of the second plurality of manifolds to the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds; and

apply one or more of an individual Raman beam or a global beam to separate the at least one ancilla ion from the at least one qubit ion.

20. The QIP system of claim 19 , wherein the controller is further configured to, prior to applying the one or more second Raman pulses, pump at least one coolant ion from the second manifold of the first plurality of manifolds to the first manifold of the first plurality of manifolds.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2023
From: SAGE, JEREMY MATTHEW; GOLDMAN, MICHAEL LURIE
To: IONQ, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63286846 · Dec 7, 2021
Provisional Application 63222765 · Jul 16, 2021
Related Publication 20230018922A1 · Jan 19, 2023
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