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Neutral atoms are attractive candidates for qubits. Optical lattices provide a natural storage register for such qubits. In experiments with loading atoms from a Bose-Einstein condensate into an optical lattice we have shown the possibility of high fidelity initialization of large numbers of qubits. We have also developed techniques for patterned loading of the atoms into a lattice, providing for spatial separations between qubits large enough to permit optical addressing of single qubits. Observation of the Mott insulator transition and of state-dependent transport of atoms in a lattice provide other tools needed to execute quantum information processing.
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