US 12,327,651 B2
Periodic multi-dimensional atomic object confinement apparatus having curved legs
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 Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/810,082.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/235,007, filed on Aug. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057368 A1, Feb. 23, 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. An atomic object confinement apparatus comprising:
a plurality of legs, each leg of the plurality of legs defined by a respective plurality of electrodes and each leg of the plurality of legs 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 periodic or quasi-periodic array of connected one-dimensional trap segments, the periodic array or quasi-periodic array comprising one or more smallest array elements, and
wherein each smallest array element of the one or more smallest array elements comprises at least one curved leg.