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Experiments at NIST with Trapped Ions: 3-D Zero-Point Cooling, Quantum Gates, Bragg Scattering, and Atomic Clocks
Published
Author(s)
C Monroe, A S. Barton, James C. Bergquist, D J. Berkeland, John Bollinger, F C. Cruz, Wayne M. Itano, Steven R. Jefferts, Branislav M. Jelenkovic, B E. King, D M. Meekhof, J D. Miller, M E. Poitzsch, Joseph N. Tan
Abstract
We have recently used stimulated-Raman transitions in the resolved sideband regime to cool single ions to the n = 0 zero-point energy. This has allowed realizations of the Jaynes-Cummings model interaction for atomic motion and a quantum controlled-NOT gate applicable to a quantum computer.
Monroe, C.
, Barton, A.
, Bergquist, J.
, Berkeland, D.
, Bollinger, J.
, Cruz, F.
, Itano, W.
, Jefferts, S.
, Jelenkovic, B.
, King, B.
, Meekhof, D.
, Miller, J.
, Poitzsch, M.
and Tan, J.
(1995),
Experiments at NIST with Trapped Ions: 3-D Zero-Point Cooling, Quantum Gates, Bragg Scattering, and Atomic Clocks, 12^uth^ Int. Conf. on Laser Spectroscopy , Capri, IT, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=105475
(Accessed October 9, 2025)