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Techniques for microwave near-field quantum control of trapped ions

January 31, 2013
Author(s)
Ulrich J. Warring, C. Ospelkaus, Yves Colombe, Kenton R. Brown, Jason Amini, M Carsjens, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
In Ospelkaus et al. [Nature 476, 181 (2011)] a microwave near-field quantum control of spin and motional degrees of freedom of one and two 25Mg+ ions enabled two-ion entanglement. In this report, we extend on the description of the experimental setup and

100-Fold Reduction of Electric-Field Noise in an Ion Trap Cleanded with In Situ Argon-Ion-Beam Bombardment

September 7, 2012
Author(s)
Dustin Hite, Yves Colombe, Andrew C. Wilson, Kenton R. Brown, Ulrich J. Warring, Robert Jordens, John D. Jost, David P. Pappas, Dietrich Leibfried, David J. Wineland, Kyle McKay
Anomalous heating of trapped atomic ions is a major obstacle to their use as quantum bits in scalable quantum computers. The physical origin of this electric field noise is not fully understood, but experimental evidence suggests that it emanates from the

Coherent Diabatic Ion Transport and Separation in a Multizone Trap Array

August 24, 2012
Author(s)
Ryan S. Bowler, John P. Gaebler, Yiheng Lin, Ting Rei Tan, David Hanneke, John D. Jost, J. Home, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
We investigate ion motion dynamics during the transport between and separation into spatially distinct trap locations in a multi-zone trap array. We laser-cool a single $\ensuremath{^{9}{\rm {Be}^{+}}}$ ion held in a linear Paul trap to near its ground

Randomized Benchmarking of Multiqubit Gates

June 29, 2012
Author(s)
John P. Gaebler, Adam M. Meier, Ting Rei Tan, Ryan S. Bowler, Yiheng Lin, David Hanneke, John D. Jost, Jonathan Home, Emanuel H. Knill, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
As experimental platforms for quantum information processing continue to mature, characterization of the quality of unitary gates that can be applied to their quantum bits (qubits) becomes essential. Eventually, the quality must be sufficiently high to

Quantum state preparation and control of single molecular ions

February 14, 2012
Author(s)
Dietrich G. Leibfried
Preparing molecules at rest and in a highly pure electronic, rotational and vibrational quantum state is a long standing dream in chemistry and physics, so far only achieved for a select set of molecules in experimental setups dedicated to that species

Quantum simulation of the hexagonal Kitaev model with trapped ions

November 25, 2011
Author(s)
Dietrich G. Leibfried, Roman Schmied , Janus H. Wesenberg
We present a detailed study of quantum simulations of coupled spin systems in surface-electrode ion-trap arrays, and illustrate our findings with a proposed implementation of the hexagonal Kitaev model [A. Kitaev, Annals of Physics 321,2 (2006)]. The e

A 750 mW, continuous-wave, solid-state laser source at 313 nm for cooling and manipulating trapped 9Be+ ions

October 28, 2011
Author(s)
Andrew C. Wilson, Christian Ospelkaus, Aaron Vandevender, J. A. Mlynek, Kenton R. Brown, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
We present a solid-state laser system that generates 750 mW of continuous-wave, single frequency, output at 313 nm. Sum-frequency generation with fiber lasers at 1550 nm and 1051 nm produces up to 2 W at 626 nm. This visible light is then converted to UV

Single-qubit-gate error below 10 -4 in a trapped ion

September 14, 2011
Author(s)
Kenton R. Brown, Andrew C. Wilson, Yves Colombe, Christian Ospeklaus, Adam M. Meier, Emanuel H. Knill, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
In theory, quantum computers can solve certain problems much more efficiently than classical computers [1]. This has motivated experimental efforts to construct and verify devices that manipulate quantum bits (qubits) in a variety of physical systems [2]

Near-ground-state transport of trapped-ion qubits through a multidimensional array

September 8, 2011
Author(s)
Dietrich G. Leibfried, Rodney B. Blakestad, Christian Ospelkaus, Aaron Vandevender, Janus Wesenberg, Michael J. Biercuk, David J. Wineland
We have demonstrated transport of 9Be+ ions through a 2D Paul-trap X-junction array while maintaining the ions near the motional ground-state of their local potential well. We expand on the first report of the experiment in [1], including a detailed

Microwave quantum logic gates for trapped ions

August 11, 2011
Author(s)
Dietrich G. Leibfried, Christian Ospelkaus, Ulrich J. Warring, Yves Colombe, Kenton R. Brown, J. M. Amini, David J. Wineland
Achieving control over physical systems at the quantum level is a goal shared by scientific fields as diverse as metrology, information processing, simulation and chemistry. For trapped atomic ions, the quantized motional and internal degrees of freedom

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
We theoretically and experimentally examine the effects of anharmonic terms in the trapping potential for linear chains of trapped ions. We concentrate on two different effects, which become significant at different levels of anharmonicity. The first is a

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 review of existing microfabricated traps.

Coupled quantized mechanical oscillators

March 10, 2011
Author(s)
Kenton R. Brown, Christian Ospelkaus, Yves Colombe, Andrew C. Wilson, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
The harmonic oscillator is one of the simplest physical systems but also one of the most fundamental. It is ubiquitous in nature, often serving as an approximation for a more complicated system or as a building block for larger models. Realizations of

Quantum information processing and metrology with trapped ions

January 25, 2011
Author(s)
David J. Wineland, Dietrich G. Leibfried
The use of trapped atomic ions in the field of quantum information processing is briefly reviewed. We summarize the basic mechanisms required for logic gates and the use of the gates in demonstrating simple algorithms. We discuss the potential of trapped

Efficient fiber optic detection of trapped ion flourescence

July 9, 2010
Author(s)
Aaron Vandevender, Yves Colombe, Jason Amini, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
Integration of fiber optics may play a critical role in the development of quantum information processors based on trapped ions, atoms, and quantum dots. Fibers could help enable a scalable and efficient means of collecting light from and delivering light

Toward scalable ion traps for quantum information processing

March 16, 2010
Author(s)
Jason Amini, Hermann Uys, Janus H. Wesenberg, Signe Seidelin, Joseph W. Britton, John J. Bollinger, Dietrich G. Leibfried, Christian Ospelkaus, Aaron Vandevender, David J. Wineland
The basic components for a quantum information processor using trapped ions have been demonstrated in a number of experiments. To perform complex algorithms that are not tractable with classical computers, these components need to be integrated and scaled

Realization of a programmable two-qubit quantum processor

November 15, 2009
Author(s)
David Hanneke, Jonathan Home, John D. Jost, Jason Amini, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
The universal quantum computer is a device that could simulate any physical system and represents a major goal for the field of quantum information science. Algorithms performed on such a device are predicted to offer significant gains for some important

Quantum walk on a line for a trapped ion

October 30, 2009
Author(s)
Peng Xue, Barry Sanders, Dietrich Leibfried
We show how a quantum walk can be experimentally realized for a single trapped ion and how to interpolate between the quantum and random walk by randomizing the phase of a generalized Hadamard coin flip. The signature of the quantum walk is manifested not

Scalable arrays of doped silicon RF Paul traps

October 26, 2009
Author(s)
Joseph W. Britton, Dietrich G. Leibfried, James A. Beall, Brad R. Blakestad, Janus H. Wesenberg, David J. Wineland
We report techniques for the fabrication of multi-zone linear RF Paul traps which exploit the machinability and electrical conductivity of bulk doped silicon. The approach was verified by trapping and Doppler cooling 24Mg+ ions in two trap geometries: a

Complete Methods Set for Scalable Ion Trap Quanum Information Processing

September 4, 2009
Author(s)
Jonathan Home, David Hanneke, John D. Jost, Jason Amini, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
Building a quantum information processor capable of outperforming classical devices will require many quantum bits (qubits) and very large numbers of logical operations \cite{05Knill}. A key requirement is the faithful transport of qubits throughout the

Stylus ion trap for enhanced access and sensing

August 1, 2009
Author(s)
Robert Maiwald, Gerd Leuchs, Dietrich Leibfried, Joseph W. Britton, James C. Bergquist, David J. Wineland
We experimentally characterized a novel radio-frequency (rf) ion trap geometry formed by two concentric cylinders over a ground plane. These traps allow for optical and physical access over more than 2 pi solid angle reaching 91% and 96% of 4 respectively

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 and strong inter-particle interactions mediated by the Coulomb force. This makes them interesting candidates for quantum simulation of coupled lattices. To this end it is desirable to be able to

Entangled Mechanical Oscillators

June 4, 2009
Author(s)
John D. Jost, Jonathan Home, Jason Amini, David Hanneke, R. Ozeri, Christopher Langer, John J. Bollinger, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
Quantum mechanics describes the state and evolution of isolated systems, where entangled and superposition states can be created. Its application to large systems led Schr dinger to posit his famous cat, which exists in a superposition of alive and dead

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 quantum information processing. Simple alogrithms have been demonstrated, but scaling to much larter tasks requires the ability to manipulate many qubits. To achieve this, ions could be