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Sympathetic Cooling of Trapped Ions for Quantum Logic

Published

Author(s)

D Kielpinski, B E. King, C J. Myatt, C A. Sackett, Q A. Turchette, Wayne M. Itano, C Monroe, David J. Wineland

Abstract

One limit to the fidelity of quantum logic operations on trapped ions arises from heating of the ions’ collective modes of motion. Sympathetic cooling of the ions during the logic operations may eliminate this source of errors. We discuss the benefits and drawbacks of this proposal, and describe possible experimental implementations. We also present an overview of trapped-ion dynamics in this scheme.
Citation
Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
Volume
61

Citation

Kielpinski, D. , King, B. , Myatt, C. , Sackett, C. , Turchette, Q. , Itano, W. , Monroe, C. and Wineland, D. (2000), Sympathetic Cooling of Trapped Ions for Quantum Logic, Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics), [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=104969 (Accessed April 18, 2024)
Created January 1, 2000, Updated February 17, 2017