Day 837: Trapped-Ion and Neutral Atom Implementations

Learning Objectives

• •**Explain trapped-ion surface codes** - Understand shuttling-based and photonic-linked architectures
• •**Analyze neutral atom implementations** - Evaluate Rydberg-based two-qubit gates for QEC
• •**Compare platform characteristics** - Quantify trade-offs in fidelity, speed, and scalability
• •**Assess real-time reconfigurability** - Understand dynamic qubit rearrangement
• •**Evaluate scaling approaches** - Compare modular vs. monolithic architectures
• •**Identify optimal applications** - Match platforms to quantum computing tasks

Today's Schedule (7 hours)