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Parallel Implementation of High-Fidelity Multiqubit Gates with Neutral Atoms

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Levine, Harry, Keesling, Alexander, Semeghini, Giulia, Omran, Ahmed, Wang, Tout T., Ebadi, Sepehr, Bernien, Hannes, Greiner, Markus +3 more·2019·Physical Review Letters

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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 excitation to strongly interacting Rydberg states and are implemented in parallel on several clusters of atoms in a one-dimensional array of optical tweezers. Specifically, we realize the controlled-phase gate, enacted by a novel, fast protocol involving only global coupling of two qubits to Rydberg states. We benchmark this operation by preparing Bell states with fidelity F≥95.0(2)%, and extract gate fidelity ≥97.4(3)%, averaged across five atom pairs. In addition, we report a proof-of-principle implementation of the three-qubit Toffoli gate, in which two control atoms simultaneously constrain the behavior of one target atom. These experiments demonstrate key ingredients for high-fidelity quantum information processing in a scalable neutral-atom platform.

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  • The two-pulse CZ-gate scheme can be performed much faster within ∼400 ns instead of ∼1 μs for the three-pulse approach.

    “While the latter scheme is simpler, the former can be performed much faster within ∼400 ns instead of ∼1 μs for the three-pulse approach.”

    From Neutral atom quantum computing hardware: performance and end-user perspective (2023) · cites this paper as [38]

    The indexed passage labeled Abstract (page unavailable) says the two-pulse CZ protocol takes 0.4 μs and is faster than sequential local pulses. It gives the latter's duration as 4π/Ω, not approximately 1 μs; using the paper's stated Ω ≈ 2π × 3.5 MHz yields about 0.57 μs. The claimed three-pulse comparison time is therefore not supported. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Neutral atom quantum computers natively support single-qubit rotations, CZ, CNOT, SWAP, and CPHASE gates.

    “Single-qubit rotations, CZ → CNOT [20, 38], SWAP,”

    From Neutral atom quantum computing hardware: performance and end-user perspective (2023) · cites this paper as [38]

    The paper’s gate-protocol passage (indexed as Abstract; page unavailable) describes implementing a CZ gate and identifies it as a controlled-phase gate. Its pulse-sequence passage also describes single-qubit X rotations. The cited passages do not establish native CNOT or SWAP gates; the citing sentence’s arrow from CZ to CNOT suggests a conversion rather than a native CNOT implementation. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Neutral atom quantum computers natively support CCZ, Toffoli/CCNOT, CkZ, and generalisations to k control qubits.

    “CCZ → Toffoli /CCNOT [20, 38], C k Z, generalisation to k”

    From Neutral atom quantum computing hardware: performance and end-user perspective (2023) · cites this paper as [38]

    The gate-implementation passage (indexed under Abstract; page unavailable) reports a directly implemented CCZ gate and its conversion to a Toffoli/CCNOT gate using local rotations. A later passage says the approach *could be extended* to higher multiqubit gates; it does not report native support for CkZ gates with arbitrary numbers of controls. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Owing to the Rydberg blockade, the two-qubit gate is largely independent of the exact distance between atoms, so precise inter-atom positioning is not required.

    “Notably, owing to the use of the Rydberg blockade32,68, the gate is largely independent of the exact distance between atoms. Hence, precise inter-atom positioning is not required.”

    From Logical quantum processor based on reconfigurable atom arrays (2024) · cites this paper as [68]

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  • Readout fidelities can be improved by using non-destructive readout protocols.

    “The readout-fidelities can also be improved, for instance, by using so-called non-destructive readout protocols, as mentioned in [38].”

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Levine, H., Keesling, A., Semeghini, G., Omran, A., Wang, T. T., Ebadi, S., Bernien, H., Greiner, M., Vuletić, V., Pichler, H., & Lukin, M. D.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • University of Chicago (US)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Venue
Physical Review Letters
Published
2019-10-22
Volume
123
Issue
17
Pages
170503-170503
ISSN
  • 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
  • 1079-7114
OpenAlex
W2967514345
Cited by
604
References
42
Citations by year
2026: 62 · 2025: 109 · 2024: 81 · 2023: 110 · 2022: 102 · 2021: 78 · 2020: 58 · 2019: 4
FWCI
26.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • Office of Naval Research
  • Center for Ultracold Atoms
  • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
  • Max Planck–Harvard Research Center for Quantum Optics
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
Keywords
neutral atoms, Rydberg atoms, hyperfine qubits, controlled-phase gate, Toffoli gate, optical tweezers, Bell state preparation, gate fidelity, quantum information processing, scalable quantum computing

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