Quantum networking with trapped ions and photons

COFFEE_KLATCH  · Invited

Abstract

Quantum networks using light as a carrier of quantum information between remote quantum memories could enable distributed and scalable processing of quantum information and quantum communication. I describe a series of experiments that link multiple trapped atomic ions through the interference and coincidence detection of photons emitted by each ion. This includes the implementation of a probabilistic gate between the hyperfine clock states of two ytterbium ions separated by about 1 meter, and its application to the teleportation of quantum information between remote atomic ions.

*This work is supported by IARPA under ARO contract, the NSF PIF Program, and the NSF Physics Frontier Center at JQI.

Authors

  • D.N. Matsukevich

    • JQI and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USA
    • JQI and Department of Physics, University of Maryland
    • University of Maryland
    • Joint Quantum Institute and Department of Physics, University of Maryland