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Qubit Manipulation

Comparing 3 Modalities On The Road to Scaling

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Brian Lenahan
Feb 06, 2026
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Photons, ions, neutral atoms. They all require manipulation for computation. Yet are they all handled the same way?

A recent Entangled Things podcast with Yuval Boger went deep into how QuEra, the Boston-based neutral atom hardware manufacturer, manipulates qubits made of their neutral atoms with lasers.

Photons, ions, and neutral atoms are not handled t…

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