Abstract: A device for modulating an amplitude of a light beam, comprising a coherent light source configured to generate a phase-modulated beam having a plurality of frequency components; and a dispersive optical element. The dispersive optical element has a group delay dispersion and is configured to receive the phase-modulated beam, to introduce an optical phase shift to each of the plurality of the frequency components, so that the values of the optical phase shift vary non-linearly with frequency according to the group delay dispersion, and to recombine the plurality of frequency components, thereby generating an amplitude-modulated beam.

Abstract: Dynamically reconfigurable architectures for quantum information and simulation are provided. A plurality of neutral atoms is provided. Each neutral atom is disposed in a corresponding optical trap. Each of the plurality of neutral atoms is prepared in a mF=0 clock state. A pair of neutral atoms of the plurality of neutral atoms is entangled by directing a laser pulse thereto. The laser pulse is configured to transition the pair of neutral atoms through a Rydberg state. The optical trap corresponding to at least one neutral atom of the pair is adiabatically moved, thereby moving one atom of the pair relative to the other atom of the pair without destroying entanglement of the pair.

Abstract: A device includes a grouping of N qubits, where N is equal to two or more, and a coherent light source configured to, given selected values for a set of parameters of at least a first and a second laser pulse, the parameters selected from a relative phase shift, a laser frequency, a laser intensity, and a pulse duration: apply at least the first and second laser pulses to all qubits within the grouping of N qubits, thereby coupling a non-interacting quantum state |1 to an interacting excited state |r, such that each qubit that begins in quantum state |1 returns to the state |1 upon completion of the at least first and second laser pulses, and such that qubits in the grouping are mutually blockaded.

Abstract: Systems and methods relate to arranging atoms into 1D and/or 2D arrays; exciting the atoms into Rydberg states and evolving the array of atoms, for example, using laser manipulation techniques and high-fidelity laser systems described herein; and observing the resulting final state. In addition, refinements can be made, such as providing high fidelity and coherent control of the assembled array of atoms. Exemplary problems can be solved using the systems and methods for arrangement and control of atoms.

Abstract: Topological qubits are provided in a quantum spin liquid. In various embodiments, a device is provided comprising a two-dimensional array of particles, each particle disposed at a vertex of a ruby lattice having a parameter ? greater than 1 2 ; each particle having a first state and an excited state; each particle that belongs to at least three unit cells of the ruby lattice having a blockade radius, when in the excited state, sufficient to blockade each of at least six nearest neighboring particles in the ruby lattice from transitioning from its first state to its excited state, and wherein the array has at least one outer edge configured to be in a first boundary condition.

Abstract: Systems and methods relate to arranging atoms into 1D and/or 2D arrays; exciting the atoms into Rydberg states and evolving the array of atoms, for example, using laser manipulation techniques and high-fidelity laser systems described herein; and observing the resulting final state. In addition, refinements can be made, such as providing high fidelity and coherent control of the assembled array of atoms. Exemplary problems can be solved using the systems and methods for arrangement and control of atoms.

Abstract: The present application discloses methods and apparatus for arranging atoms in arrays. A system for arranging atoms within a 3-dimensional space includes an optical system (920) operable to produce a plurality of switchable optical traps (925) within the 3- dimensional space, a sensor (930) configured to detect atoms within the plurality of switchable optical traps, a scanner (990) operable to simultaneously move multiple atoms within the plurality of switchable optical traps, and at least one controller (905) configured to operate the optical system and the scanner to sort atoms within the plurality of switchable optical traps into a desired configuration of atoms, said operation of the optical system and the scanner being based at least in part on sensor data generated by the sensor detecting atoms within the plurality of switchable optical traps.

Abstract: Systems and methods relate to arranging atoms into 1D and/or 2D arrays; exciting the atoms into Rydberg states and evolving the array of atoms, for example, using laser manipulation techniques and high-fidelity laser systems described herein; and observing the resulting final state. In addition, refinements can be made, such as providing high fidelity and coherent control of the assembled array of atoms. Exemplary problems can be solved using the systems and methods for arrangement and control of atoms.

Abstract: Systems and methods relate to arranging atoms into 1D and/or 2D arrays; exciting the atoms into Rydberg states and evolving the array of atoms, for example, using laser manipulation techniques and high-fidelity laser systems described herein; and observing the resulting final state. In addition, refinements can be made, such as providing high fidelity and coherent control of the assembled array of atoms. Exemplary problems can be solved using the systems and methods for arrangement and control of atoms.

Abstract: Systems and methods relate to arranging atoms into 1D and/or 2D arrays; exciting the atoms into Rydberg states and evolving the array of atoms, for example, using laser manipulation techniques and high-fidelity laser systems described herein; and observing the resulting final state. In addition, refinements can be made, such as providing high fidelity and coherent control of the assembled array of atoms. Exemplary problems can be solved using the systems and methods for arrangement and control of atoms.

Abstract: Systems and methods relate to arranging atoms into 1D and/or 2D arrays; exciting the atoms into Rydberg states and evolving the array of atoms, for example, using laser manipulation techniques and high-fidelity laser systems described herein; and observing the resulting final state. In addition, refinements can be made, such as providing high fidelity and coherent control of the assembled array of atoms. Exemplary problems can be solved using the systems and methods for arrangement and control of atoms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel combinations of active ingredients for use in the prevention and/or treatment of tumors. The tumors treated by the composition according to the invention overexpress SEC62 gene and overproduce Sec62 protein. The combination of active ingredients comprises at least a SERCA inhibitor and at least a Calmodulin antagonist.

Abstract: A computing system includes a service-oriented architecture (SOA) registry that includes an SOA-application description, an abstract component description, a concrete component description, and a platform description. The SOA-application description is related to the abstract component description of a component of the SOA-application. The concrete component description includes a requirement of a respective component for a target platform. The platform descriptor describes a property of the target platform. The computing system is configured to deploy the SOA-application and its respective components to the target platform in accordance with the concrete descriptions.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to techniques for managing the interprocess communication between at least one database client process and at least one database server process in a database system. The at least one database client process sends at least one request to the at least one database server process, with the at least one request comprising one or more buffers. The one or more buffers are transferred, in a single step, from the at least one database client process to a buffer area. The one or more buffers are transferred, in a single step, from the buffer area to the at least one database client process. The buffer area is directly accessible by the at least one database server process.

Abstract: An interface unit adapted for connecting at least one database to at least one of a plurality of high availability cluster servers (HA cluster servers), wherein each database is adapted to execute a set of database-specific commands and wherein each HA cluster server is adapted to output a set of HA cluster server-specific commands. The interface unit may comprise a first interface layer adapted for receiving each of the set of HA cluster server-specific commands outputted by the HA cluster servers; and a second interface layer adapted for sending each of the set of database-specific commands to the respective databases. The interface unit may be further adapted to map each of the HA cluster server-specific commands to at least one of the database-specific commands.

Abstract: The invention concerns a SOA-registry (1) for the automatic deployment of at least one SOA-application onto at least one platform, the at least one SOA-application comprising one or more components, the SOA-registry (1) comprising: a. at least one SOA-application description (A1) being related to one or more abstract component descriptions (AC1, AC2, AC3) describing the components of the at least one SOA-application; b. at least one concrete component description (CC11, CC12, CC21, CC22, CC31) for each of the one or more abstract component descriptions (AC1, AC2, AC3), the at least one concrete component description (CC11, CC12, CC21, CC22, CC31) comprising one or more requirements of the respective component on a target platform; and c. at least one platform descriptor (P1, P2) comprising one or more properties of the at least one platform.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for managing the interprocess communication between at least one database client process (2) and at least one database server process (3) in a database system (5), wherein the at least one database client process (2) sends at least one request to the at least one database server process (3), the at least one request comprising one or more buffers, the method comprising the steps of: a. transferring (211), in a single step, the one or more buffers from the at least one database client process (2) to a buffer area (40); and b. transferring (223), in a single step, the one or more buffers from the buffer area (40) to the at least one database client process (2); wherein c. the buffer area (40) is directly accessible by the at least one database server process (3).

Abstract: An interface unit adapted for connecting at least one database to at least one of a plurality of high availability cluster servers (HA cluster servers), wherein each database is adapted to execute a set of database-specific commands and wherein each HA cluster server is adapted to output a set of HA cluster server-specific commands. The interface unit may comprise a first interface layer adapted for receiving each of the set of HA cluster server-specific commands outputted by the HA cluster servers; and a second interface layer adapted for sending each of the set of database-specific commands to the respective databases. The interface unit may be further adapted to map each of the HA cluster server-specific commands to at least one of the database-specific commands.