US 12,322,521 B2
Multi-dimensional atomic object confinement apparatus
Christopher Langer, Highlands Ranch, CO (US); and Curtis Volin, Marietta, GA (US)
Assigned to Quantinuum LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by Quantinuum LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/461,889.
Application 18/461,889 is a continuation of application No. 17/810,082, filed on Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/235,007, filed on Aug. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0420154 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G21K 1/00 (2006.01); G06N 10/40 (2022.01)
CPC G21K 1/00 (2013.01) [G06N 10/40 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A confinement apparatus comprising:
a plurality of legs, each leg of the plurality of legs defined by a respective plurality of electrodes and each leg defining a one-dimensional trap segment; and
a plurality of junctions, each junction of the plurality of junctions connecting at least two legs of the plurality of legs,
wherein the plurality of legs and the plurality of junctions are arranged into a two-dimensional array of connected one-dimensional trap segments,
wherein the array of connected one-dimensional trap segments defines a two-dimensional array of atomic object positions arranged in a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows, and
wherein the plurality of legs is rotated with respect to the two-dimensional array of atomic object positions.