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Neutral atom quantum computing
Abstract
Neutral atom qubits are one of the leading approaches for implementation of a large scale quantum computer. The original proposals for neutral atom qubits were formulated more than 25 years ago, with first demonstrations of a universal gate set following 10 years later. In the last few years the performance and scale of neutral atom qubit arrays has developed at a rapid pace leading to demonstrations of quantum algorithms, and logical qubits for fault tolerant error correction. This contribution reviews the physics of the neutral atom approach, surveys current capabilities, and provides an outlook for future progress.
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BibTeX
@misc{saffman2026neutral,
title = {{Neutral atom quantum computing}},
author = {M. Saffman},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2608.30783},
eprint = {2608.30783},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.30783},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Neutral atom quantum computing
AU - M. Saffman
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/09
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2608.30783
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.30783
AB - Neutral atom qubits are one of the leading approaches for implementation of a large scale quantum computer. The original proposals for neutral atom qubits were formulated more than 25 years ago, with first demonstrations of a universal gate set following 10 years later. In the last few years the performance and scale of neutral atom qubit arrays has developed at a rapid pace leading to demonstrations of quantum algorithms, and logical qubits for fault tolerant error correction. This contribution reviews the physics of the neutral atom approach, surveys current capabilities, and provides an outlook for future progress.
ER -