Progress Towards Two-Qubit Gates on a $^{171}$Yb Neutral Atom Quantum Processor

Two qubit gates are a critical component of any digital quantum computing platform. Neutral atom quantum processors show significant promise in scalability but have only recently shown high fidelity two-qubit operations that are consistent with error correction. We present progress toward a neutral-atom based quantum computer that uses the nuclear spin degree of freedom in the ground states of alkaline-earth-like atoms as a qubit, and Rydberg-based interactions to perform two-qubit gates.