US 12,141,657 B2
Parallel multi-qubit operations on a universal ion trap quantum computer
Caroline Figgatt, Denver, CO (US); Aaron Ostrander, Woodstock, GA (US); Norbert M. Linke, Stevenson, MD (US); Kevin A. Landsman, Rockville, MD (US); Daiwei Zhu, College Park, MD (US); Dmitri Maslov, Falls Church, VA (US); and Christopher Monroe, Columbia, MD (US)
Assigned to IonQ, Inc., College Park, MD (US); and University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD (US)
Filed by University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD (US); and IonQ, Inc., College Park, MD (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/309,486.
Application 18/309,486 is a continuation of application No. 17/448,652, filed on Sep. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,710,062.
Application 17/448,652 is a continuation of application No. 16/433,950, filed on Jun. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,157,826, issued on Oct. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/682,677, filed on Jun. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0368056 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06N 10/00 (2022.01); G06F 7/501 (2006.01)
CPC G06N 10/00 (2019.01) [G06F 7/501 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of performing quantum operations in a trapped-ion quantum system, the method comprising:
applying first optical beams, which are based on a first optical pulse sequence, to a first set of ions in an ion trap to implement a first multi-qubit gate;
implementing a second multi-qubit gate that is configured in parallel to the first multi-qubit gate by applying second optical beams, which are based on a second optical pulse sequence, to a second set of ions in the ion trap, such that the second set of ions are entangled with the first set of ions; and
simultaneously performing operations on the first and second multi-qubit gates configured in parallel as part of the quantum operations.