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

Claim 11:
12. A controller operatively connected to one or more components of a system comprising a confinement apparatus, the confinement apparatus comprising (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 and the one or more components comprising (a) voltage sources and (b) manipulation sources, the controller configured to:
cause at least two atomic objects to be confined within the confinement apparatus, the at least two atomic objects comprising an atomic object being read and at least one neighboring atomic object;
cause the voltage sources to provide at least one first control signal 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
cause a manipulation source to generate and provide a reading beam that is incident at least in part on the atomic object being read.