AsianFin -- A research team led by prominent Chinese physicist Pan Jianwei has developed a groundbreaking method to rearrange and assemble thousands of atoms into the largest atom array ever created, leveraging artificial intelligence to pave the way for advances in quantum computing and simulations.

Pan, along with Lu Chaoyang and colleagues at the University of Science and Technology of China, successfully used AI to construct defect-free two- and three-dimensional atom arrays containing up to 2,024 atoms. Remarkably, the assembly process was achieved with a constant-time cost of just 60 milliseconds, according to a paper recently published in the U.S. journal Physical Review Letters.

By comparison, previous systems were only capable of rearranging a few hundred atoms, making this achievement a significant leap in quantum technology. The new method provides a crucial technological foundation for scaling up quantum computing architectures and conducting complex quantum simulations.

The team’s work demonstrates how AI can optimize atomic manipulation processes, enabling unprecedented precision and speed in constructing large-scale atom arrays. This innovation is expected to accelerate research in quantum information science and potentially lead to practical applications in computing, materials science, and beyond.