US 12,014,917 B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for elliptical atomic object traps
David Hayes, Broomfield, CO (US); Philip Makotyn, Arvada, CO (US); Russell Stutz, Broomfield, CO (US); Mary Rowe, Boulder, CO (US); Benjamin Spaun, Westminster, CO (US); Brian Estey, Louisville, CO (US); and Thomas Loftus, Lake Stevens, WA (US)
Assigned to Quantinuum LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by Quantinuum LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/533,587.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/199,279, filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0199391 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. H01J 49/42 (2006.01); G06N 10/20 (2022.01)
CPC H01J 49/422 (2013.01) [G06N 10/20 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An atomic object trap apparatus comprising:
two or more radio frequency (RF) electrodes formed concentrically in a substantially elliptical shape, and
three or more trapping and/or transport (TT) electrode sequences formed concentrically each in a substantially elliptical shape, the two or more RF electrodes and the three or more TT electrode sequences defining a substantially elliptically-shaped atomic object trap and at least one TT electrode sequence of the three or more TT electrode sequences being disposed concentrically between the two or more RF electrodes, wherein each substantially elliptically-shaped RF electrode and TT electrode sequence comprises two substantially parallel longitudinal regions and two arc-spanning beltway regions.