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AI-Enabled Parallel Assembly of Thousands of Defect-Free Neutral Atom Arrays

Rui Lin1,2,3, Han-Sen Zhong4,5,*, You Li1,2,3, Zhang-Rui Zhao4, Le-Tian Zheng1,2,3, Tai-Ran Hu1,2,3, Hong-Ming Wu1,2,3, Zhan Wu1,2,3, Wei-Jie Ma4,5 et al.

Yan Gao4, Yi-Kang Zhu6, Zhao-Feng Su6, Wan-Li Ouyang4, Yu-Chen Zhang1,2,3, Jun Rui1,2,3, Ming-Cheng Chen1,2,3, Chao-Yang Lu1,2,3,†, and Jian-Wei Pan1,2,3,‡

  • *Contact author: zhonghansen@pjlab.org.cn
  • †Contact author: cylu@ustc.edu.cn
  • ‡Contact author: pan@ustc.edu.cn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 060602 – Published 8 August, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/2ym8-vs82

Abstract

Assembling increasingly larger-scale defect-free optical-tweezer-trapped atom arrays is essential for quantum computation and quantum simulations based on atoms. Here, we propose an AI-enabled, rapid, constant-time-overhead rearrangement protocol, and we experimentally assemble defect-free 2D and 3D atom arrays with up to 2024 atoms with a constant-time cost of 60 ms. The AI model calculates the holograms for real-time atom rearrangement. With precise controls over both position and phase, a high-speed spatial light modulator moves all the atoms simultaneously. This protocol can be readily used to generate defect-free arrays of tens of thousands of atoms with current technologies and become a useful toolbox for quantum error correction.

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