Patent ID: 11972322
Assignee: QUANTINUUM LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
providing at least two atomic objects within a confinement apparatus, the at least two atomic objects comprising an atomic object being read and at least one neighboring atomic object, the confinement apparatus comprises (a) one or more radio frequency (RF) electrodes defining an RF null axis of the atomic object confinement apparatus and (b) a plurality of longitudinal electrodes;
causing at least one first control signal to be provided to at least one longitudinal electrode of the plurality of longitudinal electrodes, wherein the at least one first control signal causes the at least one longitudinal electrode to generate a push field configured to cause one of (a) the at least one neighboring atomic object to move in a direction transverse to the RF null axis at a location of the at least one neighboring atomic object or (b) the atomic object being read to move in a direction transverse to the RF null axis at a location of the atomic object being read; and
causing a manipulation source to generate and provide a reading beam that is incident at least in part on the atomic object being read.