The present disclosure relates to a
system for performing a
quantum manipulation protocol, e.g., a
quantum computing
algorithm, the
system comprising: a
trapping laser system for
trapping neutral atoms in an optical trap array inside a
vacuum chamber operated at a
trapping wavelength λtr, wherein each neutral atom comprises a
ground state |1S0>, a first metastable
excited state |3P0> and a second metastable
excited state |3P2>. The system further comprises a state manipulation
laser system for generating
laser radiation for
coupling, via a phase-coherent multi-
photon transition, the
ground state |1S0> to the first metastable
excited state |3P0> and / or to the second metastable excited state |3P2> as well as a
magnetic field system for generating a
magnetic field Bext at a location of the optical trap array inducing a Zeeman splitting for magnetic substates of the second metastable excited state |3P2>. The system further comprises a
control system for controlling the laser
radiation generated by the laser system to coherently modify a
quantum state of the plurality of neutral atoms based on the quantum manipulation protocol and a
quantum state readout system for determining the
quantum state of at least a subset of the plurality of neural atoms based on the quantum manipulation protocol. According to some aspects, a direction of the
magnetic field Bext with respect to a polarization direction of the optical trap array is selected such as to render the optical trap array operated at the trapping
wavelength λtr a magic-
wavelength optical trap for the second metastable excited state |3P2> and the first metastable excited state |3P0> and / or for the second metastable excited state |3P2> and the
ground state |1S0> or both. A state-selective detection scheme as well as related devices and methods are also disclosed.