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Repeated ancilla reuse for logical computation on a neutral atom quantum computer

Quantum Physics 2025-06-12 v1 Quantum Gases Atomic Physics

Abstract

Quantum processors based on neutral atoms trapped in arrays of optical tweezers have appealing properties, including relatively easy qubit number scaling and the ability to engineer arbitrary gate connectivity with atom movement. However, these platforms are inherently prone to atom loss, and the ability to replace lost atoms during a quantum computation is an important but previously elusive capability. Here, we demonstrate the ability to measure and re-initialize, and if necessary replace, a subset of atoms while maintaining coherence in other atoms. This allows us to perform logical circuits that include single and two-qubit gates as well as repeated midcircuit measurement while compensating for atom loss. We highlight this capability by performing up to 41 rounds of syndrome extraction in a repetition code, and combine midcircuit measurement and atom replacement with real-time conditional branching to demonstrate heralded state preparation of a logically encoded Bell state. Finally, we demonstrate the ability to replenish atoms in a tweezer array from an atomic beam while maintaining coherence of existing atoms -- a key step towards execution of logical computations that last longer than the lifetime of an atom in the system.

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@article{arxiv.2506.09936,
  title  = {Repeated ancilla reuse for logical computation on a neutral atom quantum computer},
  author = {J. A. Muniz and D. Crow and H. Kim and J. M. Kindem and W. B. Cairncross and A. Ryou and T. C. Bohdanowicz and C. -A. Chen and Y. Ji and A. M. W. Jones and E. Megidish and C. Nishiguchi and M. Urbanek and L. Wadleigh and T. Wilkason and D. Aasen and K. Barnes and J. M. Bello-Rivas and I. Bloomfield and G. Booth and A. Brown and M. O. Brown and K. Cassella and G. Cowan and J. Epstein and M. Feldkamp and C. Griger and Y. Hassan and A. Heinz and E. Halperin and T. Hofler and F. Hummel and M. Jaffe and E. Kapit and K. Kotru and J. Lauigan and J. Marjanovic and M. Meredith and M. McDonald and R. Morshead and S. Narayanaswami and K. A. Pawlak and K. L. Pudenz and D. Rodríguez Pérez and P. Sabharwal and J. Simon and A. Smull and M. Sorensen and D. T. Stack and M. Stone and L. Taneja and R. J. M. van de Veerdonk and Z. Vendeiro and R. T. Weverka and K. White and T. -Y. Wu and X. Xie and E. Zalys-Geller and X. Zhang and J. King and B. J. Bloom and M. A. Norcia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.09936},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

15 pages, 10 figures

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