Nate Gemelke - New Technology for Programmable Quantum Simulators of Neutral Atoms

New Technology for Programmable Quantum Simulators of Neutral Atoms

Quantum systems built from neutral atoms have enjoyed wide success as quantum simulators for many years, providing a versatile platform to probe novel effects of many-body quantum systems at large scales. Recent breakthroughs in the use of on-demand long-range Rydberg interactions and versatile optical tweezer manipulation have now demonstrated highly programmable simulators, rapidly showing new capabilities to study large-scale quantum dynamics, quantum phases and a range of new phenomena. With sustained engineering effort devoted to further increasing the scale and programmability of coherent manipulation in these systems, it is very possible that neutral atom simulators will play a leading role for generalized quantum computation in coming years. I will describe efforts at QuEra Computing, a recent startup founded by leaders in the field of neutral atom quantum simulation, quantum information science and photonic engineering, to bring this technology to commercial maturity, spanning challenges from expanding the boundaries of achievable hardware to determining the first problems on which these systems are likely to provide calculational advantage.

Speaker: Nate Gemelke (CTO Quera)

From the Qubit meetup on 18/1/2021

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