Bloom founded Atom Computing and coauthored research on long-lived nuclear-spin qubits, connecting precision atomic physics with the development of scalable neutral-atom quantum computers.
Atom ComputingarXivBloom’s contribution combines a specific qubit approach with building an organization to develop it. Atom Computing uses optically trapped neutral atoms, while his coauthored research demonstrates preparation and individual control of nuclear-spin states with long measured coherence. That work addresses the need to retain information while a processor performs operations and measurements. As founder and current chief executive, he also directs the company’s development toward logical qubits and fault tolerance. The profile credits that technical and organizational role without equating a long memory lifetime with a complete error-corrected computer.
Atom ComputingarXivThe work behind the recognition
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Founding Atom Computing
Bloom founded Atom Computing in January 2018. The company’s stated computing architecture uses arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms, and its current leadership biography assigns him responsibility for developing neutral-atom systems, logical qubits and fault-tolerant computing.
Atom Computing identifies Bloom as founder and CEO and describes his neutral-atom and fault-tolerant-computing development remit.
Company-reportedAtom Computing - 2021
Controlling a nuclear-spin register
Bloom coauthored an experiment assembling and individually manipulating nuclear-spin qubits encoded in strontium-87 atoms. The team measured long coherence, including an echo coherence time of 42 ± 6 seconds. This is a memory-and-control result, not evidence by itself of universal fault-tolerant operation.
Benjamin J. Bloom was a coauthor of the strontium nuclear-spin experiment; coherence measurements are results of the full experimental team.
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Founding Atom Computing
About Atom Computing — Ben Bloom
Supports: Current CEO and founder; January 2018 founding; neutral-atom and logical-qubit development remit.
Checked 19 Sept 2026Credit & limits: Atom Computing identifies Bloom as founder and CEO and describes his neutral-atom and fault-tolerant-computing development remit.
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| Founding Atom Computing2018 | Company recordAbout Atom Computing — Ben Bloom Current CEO and founder; January 2018 founding; neutral-atom and logical-qubit development remit. Checked 19 Sept 2026 | Atom Computing identifies Bloom as founder and CEO and describes his neutral-atom and fault-tolerant-computing development remit. |
| Controlling a nuclear-spin register2021 | Primary paperAssembly and coherent control of a register of nuclear spin qubits Benjamin J. Bloom coauthorship, strontium nuclear-spin register and measured coherence values; later Nature Communications publication. Published 10 Aug 2021 · Checked 19 Sept 2026 | Benjamin J. Bloom was a coauthor of the strontium nuclear-spin experiment; coherence measurements are results of the full experimental team. |
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About Atom Computing — Ben Bloom
Current CEO and founder; January 2018 founding; neutral-atom and logical-qubit development remit.
Checked 19 Sept 2026 - arXivPrimary paper
Assembly and coherent control of a register of nuclear spin qubits
Benjamin J. Bloom coauthorship, strontium nuclear-spin register and measured coherence values; later Nature Communications publication.
Published 10 Aug 2021 · Checked 19 Sept 2026