Individual control of an array of neutral atom qubits for quantum computing

Ultracold neutral atoms have emerged as a promising platform for scalable quantum computation. Universal single-qubit control requires high quality state preparation, spatially resolved manipulation, and projective readout of each qubit. For state preparation and readout, neutral atom platforms can apply techniques commonly used in quantum gas microscopes and single atom trapping machines. Furthermore, the ability to isolate the internal spin states of individual neutral atoms from both external fields and neighboring atoms allows for fundamental coherence times exceeding 10 seconds, as demonstrated in recent optical lattice clock experiments. Here, we present initial results on the universal single-qubit control of an array of atomic qubits comprised of neutral strontium atoms. Importantly, the utilized gate scheme enables individual qubit control without relying on global operations that would need to be serialized as the number of qubits is increased.