Advances in the characterization of trapped ion crystals

ORAL

Abstract

Well controlled trapped ion crystals, prepared through laser cooling, provide a platform for quantum sensing and simulation in atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics. I will discuss how AMO techniques developed for implementing quantum information processing with trapped ion crystals have improved our ability to characterize thermal and non-thermal motional excitations of the crystal. Examples from work characterizing single-plane crystals of several hundred 9Be+ ions in the NIST Penning trap will be presented.

*Department of Energy, Office of Science, NQIS QSA Research Center, AFOSR, and NIST

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Publication: K.A. Gilmore, et al., Science 373, 673 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abi5226

Presenters

  • John Jacob Bollinger

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Authors

  • John Jacob Bollinger

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Bryce B Bullock

    • NIST

  • Jennifer Flora Lilieholm

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Kurt A Thompson

    • NIST
    • NIST - CU Boulder

  • Diep M Nguyen

    • NIST

  • Allison L Carter

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)