Parallel local control of optically addressed qubits

A method for generating and steering a plurality of laser beams onto an array of atoms for performing locally addressed quantum gate operations, comprising:

• producing, by a first modulator, a single input beam of light comprising pulses of laser light that are configured to control a gate operation;
• imprinting, by a second modulator, a phase pattern on the single input beam, the phase pattern being chosen such that after a lens positioned after the second modulator, the single input beam is divided into a pattern of secondary beams that correspond to positions of atoms or ions in a quantum computer,
• forming an image on a third modulator, by the lens after the second modulator being positioned so the secondary beams are focused to form an image on the third modulator, the third modulator being a digital micromirror device (DMD) amplitude modulator;
• a compensation grating after the third modulator, in a path of the secondary beams;
• and
• imaging the secondary beams onto a target by an objective lens after the third modulator and the compensation grating.