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Towards a quantum repeater using a surface-trap-integrated microcavity and trapped ions

November 18, 2025
Author(s)
Lindsay Sonderhouse, Margaret Bruff, Kaitlyn David, Daniel Slichter, Dietrich Leibfried
… Trapped ions are a leading candidate for the "stationary … fiber-based cavity, integrated with a surface electrode trap at cryogenic temperatures, to achieve high photon … quantum repeater, trapped ions, optical cavity, quantum networking, surface electrode trap …

Trapping Highly Charged Ions: Fundamentals and Applications

April 1, 2000
Author(s)
John D. Gillaspy
… Fundamentals and applications for trapping highly charged ions. … Trapping Highly Charged Ions: Fundamentals and Applications … Trapping Highly Charged Ions: Fundamentals and Applications …

Tests of Theory in Rydberg States of One-electron Ions

July 1, 2014
Author(s)
Joseph N. Tan, Peter J. Mohr
… electrodynamics (QED) for Rydberg states of one-electron ions can test theory and allow new determinations of … of Standards and Technology (NIST), highly-charged ions (including bare nuclei)created in an Electron Beam Ion … trap. An ongoing experiment aims to produce one-electron ions isolated in an ion trap designed for laser spectroscopy. …

Simplified motional heating rate measurements of trapped ions

September 19, 2007
Author(s)
Ryan Epstein, Signe Seidelin, Dietrich G. Leibfried, Janus Wesenberg, John J. Bollinger, Jason Amini, Brad R. Blakestad, Joseph W. Britton, Jonathan Home, Wayne M. Itano, John D. Jost, Emanuel H. Knill, C. Langer, R. Ozeri, Nobuyasu Shiga, David J. Wineland
… Simplified motional heating rate measurements of trapped ions …

Microfabricated Chip Traps for Ions

April 12, 2011
Author(s)
Jason Amini, Joseph W. Britton, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
… This publication is a review of microfabricated ion traps for a book. We cover the basics of Paul traps, various geometries for realizing the traps, a number of design considerations, and, finally, a … ions, traps, microfabrication … Microfabricated Chip Traps for Ions …

Micro-fabricated stylus ion trap

August 7, 2013
Author(s)
Kyle S. McKay, Christian L. Arrington, Ehren D. Baca, Jonathan J. Coleman, Yves Colombe, Patrick Finnegan, Dustin A. Hite, Andrew E. Hollowell, Robert Jordens, John D. Jost, Dietrich G. Leibfried, Adam M. Rowen, Ulrich J. Warring, David J. Wineland, David P. Pappas, Andrew C. Wilson
… Micro-fabricated stylus ion trap …

Highly Charged Ions in Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Penning Traps

July 13, 2012
Author(s)
Nicholas D. Guise, Samuel Brewer, Joseph Tan
… the isolation, manipulation, and study of highly charged ions. Highly charged ions are produced in the NIST electron-beam ion trap (EBIT), … NdFeB permanent magnets integrated into its electrodes. Ions of charge Qe, emerging from the EBIT with energy up to … Highly Charged Ions in Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Penning Traps …

Capture of Highly Charged Ions in a Pseudo-Hyperbolic Paul Trap

July 12, 2019
Author(s)
Joan M. Dreiling, Aung Naing, Joseph Tan, Joshua Hanson, Shannon Hoogerheide, Samuel Brewer
… The confinement of ions in a radio-frequency (RF) trap (also known as a Paul trap) has proven to be … can be created in situ within the ion trap. Highly charged ions, on the other hand, are produced efficiently in … Ion trapping and cooling, Highly Charged Ions, Radio-frequency trap …

High Fidelity Transport of Trapped-Ion Qubits through an X-Junction Trap Array

April 17, 2009
Author(s)
Brad R. Blakestad, Aaron Vandevender, Christian Ospelkaus, Jason Amini, Joseph W. Britton, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
… Trapped ions are a useful system for studying the elements of … To achieve this, ions could be distributed over separate trap zones in an array, where information would be shared … computational fidelity and increases the time required for ion recooling. Here, we report reliable transport of 9 Be + …

Trapped Ions, Entanglement, and Quantum Computing

May 1, 1998
Author(s)
C J. Myatt, B E. King, D Kielpinski, Dietrich Leibfried, C S. Turchette, Chris S. Wood, Wayne M. Itano, C Monroe, David J. Wineland
… Trapped Ions, Entanglement, and Quantum Computing …

Motional Squeezing for Trapped Ion Transport and Separation

August 20, 2021
Author(s)
Robert Sutherland, Shaun Burd, Daniel Slichter, Stephen Libby, Dietrich Leibfried
… Transport, separation, and merging of trapped ion crystals are essential operations for most … this framework, we develop a new, general protocol for trapped ion transport, separation, and merging. We show that … trapped ion, quantum computing … Motional Squeezing for Trapped Ion Transport and Separation …

Optimal Surface-Electrode Trap Lattices for Quantum Simulation with Trapped Ions

June 12, 2009
Author(s)
Roman Schmied , Janus H. Wesenberg, Dietrich Leibfried
… Trapped ions offer long internal state (spin) coherence times … lattices. To this end it is desirable to be able to trap ions in arbitrary conformations with precisely … for generating ion trapping potentials with specified trap locations and curvatures above the electrode plane. A …

Transport of Quantum States and Separation of Ions in a Dual RF Ion Trap

September 1, 2002
Author(s)
Mary A. Rowe, A. Ben-Kish, B. DeMarco, D. Leibfried, V. Meyer, James A. Beall, J. Britton, J. Hughes, Wayne M. Itano, Branislav M. Jelenkovic, C. Langer, T. Rosenband, David J. Wineland
… investigated ion dynamics associated with a dual linear ion trap where ions can be stored in and moved betweenn two distinct … coherence. In addition, we have separated two ions held in a common trap into two distinct traps. … quantum computation, quantum state engineering, trapped ions …

Trapping and Release of Citrate-Capped Gold Nanoparticles

August 1, 2011
Author(s)
Darwin R. Reyes-Hernandez, Geraldine I. Mijares, Brian J. Nablo, Kimberly A. Briggman, Michael Gaitan
… An electrical method to trap and release charged gold nanoparticles on and from the surface of alkanethiol self-assembled-monolayer (SAM) modified gold electrodes is presented. Gold nanoparticle (GNP) coated … the SAM-modified gold electrodes. This work describes a trapping and release method for citrate-capped gold …

Normal modes of trapped ions in the presence of anharmonic trap potentials

July 19, 2011
Author(s)
Jonathan Home, David Hanneke, John D. Jost, Dietrich Leibfried, David J. Wineland
… terms in the trapping potential for linear chains of trapped ions. We concentrate on two different effects, which … anharmonic effects will become more significant as ion trap sizes are reduced. To avoid unwanted problems, … therefore be taken into account at the design stage of trap development. …

Gold Nanostructures Created by Highly Charged Ions

June 28, 2007
Author(s)
Joshua M. Pomeroy, Holger Grube, A C. Perrella, John D. Gillaspy
… by scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM). Highly charged ions, e.g.,Bi$^{81+}$, represent an exotic form of … energy is less significant in formingfeatures on gold than reported in the low free electron density systems. Theseresults support the hypothesis that gold's high free electron density enables efficient …

Quantum walk on a line for a trapped ion

October 30, 2009
Author(s)
Peng Xue, Barry Sanders, Dietrich Leibfried
… a quantum walk can be experimentally realized for a single trapped ion and how to interpolate between the quantum and … quantum control, quantum random walk, trapped ion … Quantum walk on a line for a trapped ion …

Rotating-radio-frequency ion traps

October 20, 2005
Author(s)
T Hasegawa, John J. Bollinger
… ion traps, mass spectroscopy, Mathieu functions, micromotion, … Rotating-radio-frequency ion traps …

X-Ray Spectroscopy of Trapped Ions With a Microcalorimeter on the NIST Electron Beam Ion Trap

December 1, 2002
Author(s)
E Takacs, John D. Gillaspy, L P. Ratliff, K Makonyi, J M. Laming, E Silver, H. Schnopper, M Barbera, J. Beeman, E. E. Haller, N. Madden
… The electron beam ion trap (EBIT) was invented about 15 years ago. Judging from … astrophysics, electron beam ion trap, highly charged ions, plasma diagnostics, x-rays … X-Ray Spectroscopy of Trapped Ions With a Microcalorimeter on the NIST Electron Beam Ion Trap …

Trapped Highly Charged Ion Plasmas

January 1, 2002
Author(s)
E Takacs, John D. Gillaspy
… Electron beam Ion Trap (EBIT) devices are reviewed with special attention to applications in highly charged ion plasma research. EBIT properties are presented based on … parameter, Brillouin radius, magnetic trapping mode, ion cloud shape, density, temperature, rotation, and …
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