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Dolev Bluvstein

Neutral-atom quantum-computing researcher; Visiting Associate at Caltech

Caltech / Oratomic

Lukin Group, Harvard UniversityOratomic
United States · work baseIdentification checked 2026-09-19
WHY INCLUDED

Bluvstein develops reconfigurable neutral-atom processors, helping demonstrate coherent transport of entangled atoms and programmable operations on encoded logical qubits in collaborative laboratory experiments.

Lukin Group, Harvard UniversityOratomicarXiv / NatureNature

Bluvstein’s research addresses the geometry of a quantum computer: which qubits can interact, how they move, and how information is protected while operations proceed. His coauthored transport experiment used movable atom arrays to create flexible connectivity. A subsequent logical-processor experiment combined that architecture with encoded qubits and error detection. The significance is a concrete route from physical control to logical operations, supported by measured experiments. His identification has been updated from the supplied student biography: Harvard’s alumni page lists a Caltech visiting appointment, and Oratomic lists him on its team.

Lukin Group, Harvard UniversityOratomicarXiv / NatureNature

Defining contributions

Work, in context
  1. 2022

    Moving entangled atoms while retaining information

    Bluvstein and collaborators demonstrated a processor in which entangled atoms are transported across two dimensions between layers of quantum operations. The experiment created programmable entangled states and code states, showing how physical motion can supply connectivity that a fixed qubit layout cannot easily provide.

    Dolev Bluvstein was first author of the collaborative atom-transport processor experiment.

    Source-supported recordarXiv / Nature
  2. 2023

    Operating encoded logical qubits

    Bluvstein was first author of a programmable logical-processor experiment using reconfigurable atom arrays. The team demonstrated several encodings, including sampling circuits with up to 48 logical qubits, and reported improved algorithmic performance using error detection. The result is a step toward fault tolerance, not a general-purpose fault-tolerant machine.

    Dolev Bluvstein was first author of the collaborative logical-processor experiment; encoded-qubit performance is a team result.

    Source-supported recordNature

Keep in perspective

Caltech visiting status and Oratomic team membership were directly verified; no CEO or founder title is asserted.

Encoded logical-qubit counts refer to the stated experiments and do not establish a universal fault-tolerant product.

Follow the evidence

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Primary papers, institutional records and attributed announcements. Each source supports the claims linked above.

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