Fast measurement of neutral atoms with a multi-atom gate
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Quantum Physics arXiv:2604.13158 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 14 Apr 2026] Title:Fast measurement of neutral atoms with a multi-atom gate Authors:Yotam Vaknin, Ran Finkelstein, Ofer Firstenberg, Alex Retzker View a PDF of the paper titled Fast measurement of neutral atoms with a multi-atom gate, by Yotam Vaknin and 3 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Measurement time represents a critical bottleneck limiting the operational speed of neutral atom quantum computers, as it cannot be accelerated through parallelization like other quantum operations. We present a protocol for fast measurement of neutral atoms based on a new, fast multi-atom Rydberg gate that significantly reduces the measurement integration time and improves the measurement fidelity. Our approach employs a multi-qubit register of $N$ ancilla atoms within a single Rydberg blockade region to measure a single data qubit. This enables an $N$-fold enhancement in photon emission collections, while reducing the measurement's sensitivity to loss. The scheme requires spectral separation between the data qubit and the ancillae, achievable through either a dual-species architecture or a targeted light shift. Beyond this, the scheme is straightforward to implement: it relies only on global pulses, global photon collection, and avoids both atom shuttling and numerically optimized pulses. Simulations of a Cs--Rb platform demonstrate that with only five ancillae ($N=5$), measurement infidelity below $10^{-3}$ within $6\ \mu\text{s}$ is achievable. Comments: Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2604.13158 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2604.13158v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.13158 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Yotam Vaknin [view email] [v1] Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 UTC (388 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Fast measurement of neutral atoms with a multi-atom gate, by Yotam Vaknin and 3 other authorsView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2026-04 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)