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Individual Ion Addressing with Microwave Field Gradients

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Author(s)

Ulrich J. Warring, C. Ospelkaus, Yves Colombe, Robert Jordens, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland

Abstract

Individual-qubit addressing is a prerequisite for many instances of quantum information processing. We present this capability on trapped ions with microwave near-fields delivered by electrode structures integrated into a microfabricated surface-electrode trap. We describe four approaches which may be used in quantum information experiments with hyperfine levels as qubits. Here, we implement the individual control on two 25Mg+ ions separated by 4.3 μm and find an isolation between the two qubits that yields "crosstalk" errors on the order of 10−3.
Citation
Physical Review A
Volume
110

Keywords

ion cooling, ion trapping, mechanical effects of light on ions, quantum computation architectures and implementations, Zeeman and Stark effects

Citation

Warring, U. , Ospelkaus, C. , Colombe, Y. , Jordens, R. , Leibfried, D. and Wineland, D. (2013), Individual Ion Addressing with Microwave Field Gradients, Physical Review A, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=912631 (Accessed October 2, 2025)

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Created April 26, 2013, Updated February 19, 2017
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