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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2022
Ionq, Inc., College Park, MD (US);
Jason Madjdi Amini, Takoma Park, MD (US);
IonQ, Inc., College Park, MD (US);
Abstract
A shaped central electrode is described that is placed between a pair of radio frequency (RF) rails of a trap configured to hold atomic-based qubits to control aspects of the operation of the trap. In one aspect, the shaping may involve forming a pinched region in the middle of the central electrode. The middle of the central electrode may correspond to the middle portion of the trap. The shaping of the central electrode may be achieved in different ways and may involve varying the width of the central electrode. The trap may be fabricated on a glass die or substrate, which itself may be shaped or not. The trap may be fabricated by various methods such as, but not limited to, patterned metal layers on glass or silicon substrates. A quantum information processing (QIP) system is also described that may include a trap having any of these features.