Rymax One: A neutral atom quantum processor

Computationally hard problems – from supply chain logistics to quantum chemistry – are deeply embedded in modern society. Classical approaches to solving these problems require significant 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 atoms designed to explore the application of quantum computing to real-world applications. We trap ultracold Ytterbium atoms in arbitrary arrays of optical tweezers, ideally suited for hardware-efficient problem encoding and qubit manipulation. The rich level structure of Ytterbium naturally provides the possibility of attaining long qubit coherence times, alongside Rydberg-mediated interactions and high-fidelity gate operations.

These characteristics will allow us to realize a scalable platform for quantum processing to test the performance of novel quantum algorithms tailored to tackle real world problems.