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QuEra ' s approach is based on neutral-atom quantum computing, which uses individual atoms manipulated by laser systems known as optical tweezers. These systems allow atoms to be moved, repositioned and controlled while maintaining quantum coherence.
According to QuEra and its academic collaborators at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology( MIT), neutral-atom architectures offer two significant advantages for fault-tolerant quantum computing.
First, they can scale naturally to very large numbers of qubits. Researchers believe neutralatom systems may ultimately support arrays containing tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of qubits within a single module. Second, the ability to dynamically reposition atoms creates effectively all-to-all connectivity between qubits. This flexibility can reduce the overhead associated with quantum error correction and enable more efficient faulttolerant algorithms.
Over recent years, QuEra and its academic partners have published a series of peerreviewed studies demonstrating many of the foundational technologies required for largescale fault tolerance. These include logical qubits, below-threshold error correction, logical
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