If you mix ytterbium ions, Acousto-Optic Deflectors (AODs) for direct laser beams at individual qubits inside an ion chain, to apply gates among qubits you have trapped, you can build a highly precise quantum computer and not need 3-layers refrigeration and physically wiring the qubits, mitigate noise and error, and keep the Quantum box inside a rack. IonQ claims the approach provides unprecedented precision and stability thanks to the new AODs managing the laser beams (by designing laser control signals to enable entangling gates among them), contributing to higher fidelity and reliability by minimizing noise and unintended residual light on neighboring qubits.
So, what is the Forte software?
According to IonQ, the introduction of AODs in IonQ Forte is a significant upgrade, a step forward in our long-standing vision of a "Software-Configurable Quantum Computer" architecture allowing software-controlled precision location of lasers on qubits transitioning from fixed beam multi-channel acousto-optic modulators (AOMs) to flexible AODs eliminates the precise alignment of our trapped ion qubits to fixed laser beams in space. Using Forte, the user can do this in software running on a classical computer. Moreover, the system's maximum capacity no longer depends on the number of beam channels in the hardware, as is the case in IonQ Aria (it is on the cloud,) which is capped at 32 tracks.
I don't know about you, but I like to play with the system; configuring and manipulating ions (qubits) is an incredible experience to control nature at will. It is time to start working on a formula that reduces the threat of global warming.
An Acousto-Optic Deflector (AOD) is a device for spatially controlling a laser beam.
The acoustic frequency applied to deflector is varied to deflect the beam to different angular positions, by making use of the acoustic frequency-dependent diffraction angle.
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