Thomas M Loftus

US Patent:

20220199391, Jun 23, 2022

Filed:

Nov 23, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/533587

Inventors:

- Broomfield CO, US
Philip MAKOTYN - Arvada CO, US
Russell STUTZ - Broomfield CO, US
Mary ROWE - Boulder CO, US
Benjamin SPAUN - Charlotte NC, US
Brian ESTEY - Charlotte NC, US
Thomas LOFTUS - Charlotte NC, US

International Classification:

H01J 49/42
G06N 10/20

Abstract:

The disclosure provides an atomic object trap apparatus and a method of operating such. The atomic object trap apparatus comprises two or more radio frequency (RF) electrodes formed concentrically in a substantially elliptical shape; and three or more trapping and/or transport (TT) electrode sequences formed concentrically in a substantially elliptical shape. The two or more RF electrodes and the three or more TT electrode sequences define a substantially elliptically-shaped atomic object trap. At least one TT electrode sequence of the three or more TT electrode sequences is disposed concentrically between the two or more RF electrodes. Each RF electrode and TT electrode sequence is elliptically shaped such that each comprises two substantially parallel longitudinal regions and two arc-spanning beltway regions, the four regions forming a substantially elliptical shape. The method is directed to operating a quantum computing system comprising an example atomic object trap apparatus.