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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 64: Poster – Ultra-cold atoms, ions and BEC (joint session A/Q)
Q 64.27: Poster
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 17:00–19:00, Philo 1. OG
Rymax one: A neutral atom quantum processor to solve optimization problems — •Silvia Ferrante1, Jonas Witzenrath2, Tobias Ebert1, Kapil Goswami1, Hendrik Koser1, Tobias Pätkau2, Benjamin Abeln1, Hauke Biss1, Giovanni de Vecchi1, Jonas Gutsche2, Nader Mostaan1, Rick Mukherjee3, Suthep Pomjaksilp1, Niclas Luick1, Thomas Niederprüm2, Dieter Jaksch1, Henning Moritz1, Herwig Ott2, Peter Schmelcher1, Klaus Sengstock1, and Artur Widera2 — 1University of Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany — 2RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany — 3University of Tennessee, TN 37996 Knoxville, USA
From the optimisation of supply chains to efficient vehicle routing - computationally hard problems are deeply embedded into modern society. Finding solutions to these problems via classical means still requires substantial computational effort. Quantum processors, on the contrary, promise a significant advantage in solving them.
Here we present Rymax one, a quantum processor based on neutral Ytterbium designed to explore the potential of quantum computing for real world applications. The level structure of Yb naturally provides qubits with long coherence times as well as high-fidelity gate operations. These features allow us to realise a scalable platform to test the performance of novel quantum algorithms tailored to tackle real-world problems.
Keywords: neutral atom quantum computer; tweezer arrays; Ytterbium; Rydberg