Ultra- fast Entangling Gates with Trap Potentials Manipulation

Quantum computers offer computational capability to tackle and solve problems traditional computers cannot address. Among the quantum computers commercially available today, IonQ computers (based on trapped ions) have shown the ability to execute a much broader set of quantum algorithms at a larger scale with higher success probability, demonstrating a substantial lead against other technical platforms towards practically useful quantum computers featuring quantum advantage. As IonQ systems continue to improve, they will approach a scalability limit dictated by the speed at which entangling gates can be executed. This project will enable IonQ researchers to de-risk, both theoretically and experimentally, one of the proposed paths towards faster quantum gates.