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Quantum-enhanced sensing of displacements and electric fields with large trapped-ion crystals

August 6, 2021
Author(s)
Kevin Gilmore, Matthew Affolter, Judith Jordan, Diego Barberena, Robert Lewis-Swan, Ana Maria Rey, John J. Bollinger
Developing the isolation and control of ultracold atomic systems to the level of single quanta has led to significant advances in quantum sensing, yet demonstrating a quantum advantage in real world applications by harnessing entanglement remains a core

Phase-coherent sensing of the center-of-mass motion of trapped-ion crystals

November 9, 2020
Author(s)
Matthew Affolter, Kevin Gilmore, Elena Jordan, John Bollinger
Measurements of the center-of-mass motion of a trapped-ion crystal that are phase- coherent with an external force are reported. These experiments are conducted far from the trap motional frequency on a two-dimensional trapped ion crystal of approximately

Broadening of the drumhead mode spectrum due to in-plane thermal fluctuations of two-dimensional trapped-ion crystals in a Penning trap

November 5, 2020
Author(s)
Athreya Shankar, Chen Tang, Matthew Affolter, Kevin Gilmore, Daniel H. Dubin, Scott E. Parker, Murray Holland, John Bollinger
Two-dimensional crystals of ions stored in Penning traps are a leading platform for quantum simulation and sensing experiments. For small amplitudes, the out-of-plane motion of such crystals, which is exploited for quantum information protocols, can be

Modeling near ground-state cooling of two-dimensional ion crystals in a Penning trap using electromagnetically induced transparency

February 7, 2019
Author(s)
Athreya Shankar, Elena Jordan, Kevin Gilmore, Arghavan Safavi-Naini, John J. Bollinger, Murray Holland
Penning traps, with their ability to control planar crystals of tens to hundreds of ions, are versatile quantum simulators. Thermal occupations of the motional drumhead modes, transverse to the plane of the ion crystal, degrade the quality of quantum

Near ground-state cooling of two-dimensional trapped-ion crystals with more than 100 ions

February 7, 2019
Author(s)
Judith Elena Jordan, Kevin A. Gilmore, Athreya Shankar, Arghavan Safari-Naini, Justin G. Bohnet, Murray Holland, John J. Bollinger
We study, both experimentally and theoretically, electromagnetically induced transparency cooling of the axial drumhead modes of 2-dimensional arrays with up to N 190 Be+ ions stored in a Penning trap. Substantial sub-Doppler cooling is observed for all N

Verification of a Many-Ion Simulator of the Dicke Model Through Slow Quenches across a Phase Transition

July 27, 2018
Author(s)
Arghavan Safavi-Naini, R. J. Lewis-Swan, Justin G. Bohnet, M. Garttner, Kevin Gilmore, Elena Jordan, J. Cohn, James K. Freericks, Ana Maria Rey, John Bollinger
We use a self-assembled two-dimensional Coulomb crystal of ∼70 ions in the presence of an external transverse field to engineer a simulator of the Dicke Hamiltonian, an iconic model in quantum optics which features a quantum phase transition between a

Bang-bang shortcut to adiabaticity in the Dicke model as realized in a Penning trap experiment

May 29, 2018
Author(s)
J. Cohn, Arghavan Safari-Naini, R. J. Lewis-Swan, Justin G. Bohnet, M. Garttner, Kevin Gilmore, Elena Jordan, Ana Maria Rey, John Bollinger, James K. Freericks
We introduce a bang-bang shortcut to adiabaticity for the Dicke model, which we implement via a two-dimensional array of trapped ions in a Penning trap with a spin-dependent force detuned close to the center-of-mass drumhead mode. Our focus is on employing

A Low-Power Reversible Alkali Atom Source

June 13, 2017
Author(s)
Songbai Kang, Russell P. Mott, Kevin A. Gilmore, Logan D. Sorenson, Matthew T. Rahker, Elizabeth A. Donley, John E. Kitching, Christopher S. Roper
An electrically-controllable, solid-state, reversible device for sourcing and sinking alkali vapor is presented. When placed inside an alkali vapor cell, both an increase and decrease of the rubidium vapor density by a factor of two are demonstrated