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Measurement of electric-field noise from interchangeable samples with a trapped-ion sensor

November 18, 2021
Author(s)
Kyle McKay, Dustin Hite, Philip D. Kent, Shlomi S. Kotler, Dietrich Leibfried, Daniel Slichter, Andrew C. Wilson, David P. Pappas
We demonstrate the use of a single trapped ion as a sensor to probe electric-field noise from interchangeable test surfaces. As proof of principle, we measure the magnitude and distance dependence of electric-field noise from two ion-trap-like samples with

Crystallographic orientation dependence of work function: carbon adsorption on Au surfaces

April 14, 2019
Author(s)
Dustin A. Hite, Hossein Jooya, X Fan, Kyle S. McKay, David P. Pappas, H.R. Sadeghpour
We show in this work that the work function change due to carbon adatom adsorption is not predominantly affected by the crystallographic orientation of the gold surface. Ab-initio calculations within density-functional theory are performed on carbon

Mechanisms for carbon adsorption on Au(110)-(2 x 1): A work function analysis

July 17, 2018
Author(s)
Dustin A. Hite, Hossein Jooya, Kyle S. McKay, Eunja Kim, Philippe F. Weck, David P. Pappas, H.R. Sadeghpour
The variation of the work function upon carbon adsorption on the reconstructed Au(110) surface is measured experimentally and compared to density functional calculations. The adsorption dynamics is simulated with ab-initio molecular dynamics techniques

Measurements of trapped-ion heating rates with exchangeable surfaces in close proximity

January 15, 2017
Author(s)
Dustin A. Hite, Kyle S. McKay, Shlomi Salman Kotler, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland, David P. Pappas
Electric-field noise from the surfaces of ion-trap electrodes couples to the ion’s charge causing heating of the ion’s motional modes. This heating limits the fidelity of quantum gates implemented in quantum information processing experiments. The exact

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
An electroformed, three-dimensional stylus Paul trap was designed to confine a single atomic ion for use as a sensor to probe the electric-field noise of proximate surfaces. The trap was microfabricated with the UV-LIGA technique to reduce the distance of

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