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Physical Review X

Midcircuit Qubit Measurement and Rearrangement in a Yb 171 Atomic Array

Matthew A. Norcia, William B. Cairncross, K. Barnes, P. Battaglino, A. Brown, M. O. Brown, Kayleigh Cassella, C.-A. Chen, Robin Coxe, Daniel Crow, J. Epstein, C. Griger, A. M. W. Jones, Hyosim Kim, Jonathan M. Kindem, Jonathan P. King, Stanimir Kondov, Krish Kotru, J. Lauigan, M. Li, M. Lu, E. Megidish, J. Marjanovic, M. McDonald, Thomas Mittiga, Juan A. Muniz, S. Narayanaswami, C. Nishiguchi, Remy Notermans, T. Paule, Kelly Ann Pawlak, Linqing Peng, Albert Ryou, A. Smull, D. T. Stack, M. B. Stone, A. Sucich, Miroslav Urbánek, R. J. M. van de Veerdonk, Zachary Vendeiro, Thomas F. Wilkason, Ting Wu, Xin Xie, X. Zhang, Benjamin Bloom

Published Nov 22, 2023• 78 citations

Abstract

Three research groups have exploited the nuclear spins of ytterbium-171 to manipulate qubits before they are read out---an approach that could lead to efficient error-correction schemes for trapped-atom computing platforms.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevx.13.041034

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