Paper 14100-68
Towards scalable, stable neutral-atom qubit control based on full photonic integration
Abstract
Scalable neutral-atom quantum computing requires precise, stable, and high-speed optical control of large qubit arrays. However, current free-space optical addressing architectures are fundamentally limited in footprint, environmental stability, and parallelization. Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) based on thin-film lithium niobate provide a promising path toward compact, reproducible, and broadband optical modulation at visible wavelengths.
In this work, we present the design and optimization of lithium-niobate waveguide structures for efficient light routing around 556 nm, a wavelength central to Ytterbium-Rydberg-based quantum computing platforms. The PIC enables active calibration and on-chip stabilization of the optical power by compensating thermal and electrical drifts significantly improving long-term operational stability.
First results support the development of compact, multi-channel optical control modules capable of scaling to hundreds or thousands of individually addressable atomic qubits, and are broadly applicable to quantum computing, quantum networking, and precision photonic sensing systems.
Presenter
Florian Pausewang
Ruprecht-Karls-Univ. Heidelberg (Germany)
MS, Physics in 2025. As part of my Master’s thesis, I worked on the Ytterbium Quantum Optics (YQO) experiment in the Nonlinear Quantum Optics Group of Sebastian Hofferberth, where we study how single photons and matter interact at the quantum level using a dense, ultracold Rydberg-ytterbium gas. Now I continue my PhD in Integrated Photonics Hardware at the group of Wolfram Pernice.
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