High-fidelity entangling gates and nonlocal circuits with neutral atoms

The generation and manipulation of entanglement with low error are essential in quantum information systems. In practice, two-qubit entangling gates constitute a dominant error source, limiting circuit depths and performance in fault-tolerant architectures. Using a neutral-atom quantum processor, we realized entangling controlled- Z gates with a high-Rabi-frequency smooth-amplitude pulse, employing state-selective readout and qubit reuse for fast calibration, and achieved a fidelity of 99.854(4)%, which improved to 99.941(3)% upon loss postselection, with stable performance for 10 hours. We then used these low-error gates in quantum circuits with coherent atom rearrangement. Performance was benchmarked by creating and disentangling cluster states, and subsequently, we studied nonlocally entangled states with scrambling circuits featuring longer-range connectivity. Our approach provides a route toward deep-circuit, efficient fault-tolerant quantum computation.

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2026-10-08
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aei1312
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Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
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Abstract

The generation and manipulation of entanglement with low error are essential in quantum information systems. In practice, two-qubit entangling gates constitute a dominant error source, limiting circuit depths and performance in fault-tolerant architectures. Using a neutral-atom quantum processor, we realized entangling controlled- Z gates with a high-Rabi-frequency smooth-amplitude pulse, employing state-selective readout and qubit reuse for fast calibration, and achieved a fidelity of 99.854(4)%, which improved to 99.941(3)% upon loss postselection, with stable performance for 10 hours. We then used these low-error gates in quantum circuits with coherent atom rearrangement. Performance was benchmarked by creating and disentangling cluster states, and subsequently, we studied nonlocally entangled states with scrambling circuits featuring longer-range connectivity. Our approach provides a route toward deep-circuit, efficient fault-tolerant quantum computation.

ScienceVol. 394(6820)
Harvard University (US), QuEra Computing (United States) (US), Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian (US), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 71%
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