European infrastructure for Rydberg Quantum Computing

Projektinformationen

EuRyQa

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 101070144

DOI

10.3030/101070144

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 19 August 2022

Startdatum 1 Oktober 2022

Enddatum 31 März 2026

Finanziert unter

• Digital, Industry and Space

Gesamtkosten

€ 4 970 860,00

EU-Beitrag

€ 4 970 860,00

Koordiniert durch

UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG
France

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - EuRyQa (European infrastructure for Rydberg Quantum Computing)

Berichtszeitraum: 2022-10-01 bis 2024-03-31

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

The overall Objective of the EuRyQa project is to establish Rydberg quantum processors as a leading platform for scalable quantum computing (QC).
EuRyQa proposes a path to establish Rydberg atoms as a leading platform for scalable quantum computing by bringing together partners from academia and the private sector that are at the forefront of cold-atom technology with key industrial partners with complementary expertise on quantum hardware, classical electronics, firmware, and software. These partners together have the capabilities to tackle all key issues of the development of neutral atoms quantum computers, in a collaborative intersectoral approach. With respect to the latter, EuRyQa aims at integrating full-stack quantum computing systems with 100-1000 qubits and scalability to even larger systems; to develop and bring together technology to realize deep quantum circuits and to provide Europe-wide benchmarking of the technology on concrete computational problems, leading to a blue-print and key technological steps towards fault-tolerant quantum computing.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

The scientific and technological progress of the EuRyQa project in the first reporting period has already had a significant impact on the scientific community. It allowed EuRyQa partners and the whole community to demonstrate that neutral atoms have a clear potential to becoming a leading platform for quantum computing in terms of multi-qubit gate fidelities in addition to its unique potential for scalability and flexibility of computing architecture. In a series of results stemming from intra-network collaborations, EuRyQa partners have provided key steps and protocols towards demonstrating high-fidelity two- and multi-qubit gates with neutral atoms, developed industry-level software, hardware and advanced electronics for controlling large arrays of neutral atoms trapped in optical tweezers, while minimizing gate errors. Some of the control software is being shared among partners, other is made available to the general public via our Open Access policy. Advanced control electronics developed by EuRyQa partners are being now widely adopted within the network and outside of it. Furthermore, EuRyQa partners have progressed in devising and benchmarking strategies and software to minimize errors at the level of individual qubits, gates, and circuits. Some of this software is being made fully public via our Open Access policy. Going beyond the foreseen results at the start of the program, EuRyQa partners have also contributed key steps and blue-prints for hardware-specific components and architectures for quantum error correction with neutral atoms. As a result of all the progress by EuRyQa partners and by the whole community, neutral atoms bear a high promise to disrupt the field of quantum computing in the next few years.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

Main results from the first reporting period of the EuRyQa project:

1. Demonstrated high-fidelity two- and multi-qubit gates with neutral atoms, showcasing the potential of neutral atoms as a leading platform for quantum computing.
2. Developed industry-level software, hardware, and advanced electronics for controlling large arrays of neutral atoms trapped in optical tweezers, minimizing gate errors.
3. Advanced control electronics developed by EuRyQa partners is now widely adopted within the network and beyond.
4. Devised and benchmarked strategies and software to minimize errors at the level of individual qubits, gates, and circuits, with some software made fully public via our Open Access policy.
5. Developed advanced techniques for fast imaging and new hardware-specific architectures geared towards future implementations of quantum error correction and fault-tolerant quantum computing with neutral atoms.

These achievements indicate that neutral atoms hold significant promise for the future of quantum computing, and further progress is expected as the project continues.

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