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Adrien Signoles

Adrien Signoles

Chief Hardware Officer — quantum hardware engineer (neutral-atom systems)

Paris, France

Summary

Leader in neutral-atom quantum hardware engineering — transitioned from hands-on experimental atomic physics to senior hardware leadership at Pasqal, focusing on building scalable neutral-atom processors. pasqal+1
Established experimental atomic physicist with a strong publication record — co-author on high-impact experimental papers (Nature Physics, New Journal of Physics, Physical Review publications) demonstrating advanced control of Rydberg and ultracold-atom systems. nature+2
Bridges academic research and applied quantum computing — contributes to both foundational experiments (quantum Zeno dynamics, scattering studies) and applied demonstrations and engineering efforts for neutral-atom quantum processors and applications. nature+2
Public-facing technical communicator and company spokesperson — appears as a speaker in Pasqal events and contributes to company technical content explaining fault-tolerance verification and hardware roadmap. pasqal+1

Work

Education

Writing

Rearrangement of individual atoms in a 2000-site optical-tweezer array at cryogenic temperatures

January 1, 2024

Co-authored work reporting trapping and rearrangement of single atoms in very large optical-tweezer arrays (up to 2088 sites) in a cryogenic environment, including demonstration of atom-by-atom rearrangement across large arrays.

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Financial Risk Management on a Neutral Atom Quantum Processor

January 1, 2022

Demonstration and analysis of a quantum-enhanced machine learning approach for predicting credit-rating downgrades, implemented on a neutral-atom quantum processing unit (up to 60 qubits), comparing performance to classical benchmarks.

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Quantum computing with neutral atoms

January 1, 2020

Review article covering neutral-atom quantum processors: platform characteristics, operations (trapping, rearrangement, gates), scalability arguments and prospects for analog and digital quantum computing with arrays of atoms.

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Ultracold atoms in disordered potentials: elastic scattering time in the strong scattering regime

January 1, 2019

Study of elastic scattering time of ultracold atoms in optical disordered potentials, characterizing the strong scattering regime and comparing experimental measurements with theoretical approximations.

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Confined quantum Zeno dynamics of a watched atomic arrow

January 1, 2014

Experimental observation and analysis of quantum Zeno dynamics in a large angular-momentum (J = 25) Rydberg-atom system, producing non-classical Schrödinger cat spin states and demonstrating controlled confinement of quantum evolution.

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