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Optical Design and Fabrication Congress

Flat Optics Toolbox for Trapped Ion Quantum Computing

Adam J. Ollanik, Rezlind Bushati, David M. Gaudiosi, Johanna Zultak, Daniel G. Ouellette, Matthias Preidl, Molly R. Krogstad, Matthew J. Bohn, Mary Rowe, Taek Oh, Brendan Paver, Timothy Cosentino, Wenqi Zhu, Amit Agrawal, Henri J. Lezec

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

Integrated metasurfaces can scale and improve systems for optical I/O of trapped-ion qubits through miniaturization and manufacturability. We are developing a toolbox of flat optical components and their application for utility-scale quantum computing. Full-text article not available; see video presentation
DOI
10.1364/flatoptics.2025.fth1a.1

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