US 12,243,733 B2
Multi-atomic object crystal transport through atomic object confinement apparatus junction
William Cody Burton, Northglen, CO (US); Brian Estey, Louisville, CO (US); Ian Hoffman, Arvada, CO (US); and Curtis Volin, Marietta, GA (US)
Assigned to Quantinuum LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by Quantinuum LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on May 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/664,096.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/203,029, filed on Jul. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0035427 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01J 49/06 (2006.01); H01J 49/42 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 49/062 (2013.01) [H01J 49/426 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling an atomic object confinement apparatus to cause transportation of a multi-atomic object crystal through a junction of the atomic object confinement apparatus, the junction formed by two or more legs of the atomic object confinement apparatus, at least two of the two or more legs defining directions, at least proximate the junction, that are transverse to one another, the atomic object confinement apparatus comprising a plurality of electrodes, the method comprising:
controlling one or more voltage sources to cause generation of a time-dependent potential by applying controlling voltage signals to at least a portion of the plurality of electrodes, the time-dependent potential configured to generate a potential well that travels through the junction from a first leg of the two or more legs to a second leg of the two or more legs to cause the multi-atomic object crystal to traverse a transport path through the junction from the first leg to the second leg, wherein the transport path is determined based at least in part on a combination of at least (a) a path of constant total confinement for a representative atomic object of the multi-atomic object crystal and (b) a path of radio frequency minimum for the representative atomic object of the multi-atomic object crystal, wherein the combination is determined based on a particular variable path ratio.