Anharmonic Traps for Scalable Quantum Information Processing with Trapped Ions

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Abstract

We report progress towards scalable quantum information processing using a linear crystal of 171Yb+ ions. Anharmonic traps can stably hold large numbers of nearly equally spaced ions. We implement novel, multi-segment micro- and surface-traps. These architectures may allow us to perform large-scale quantum computations and quantum simulations of systems that are classically intractable.

*This work is supported by the Army Research Office (ARO) with funds from the DARPA Optical Lattice Emulator (OLE) Program, IARPA under ARO contract, the NSF Physics at the Information Frontier Program, and the NSF Physics Frontier Center at JQI.

Authors

  • S. Korenblit

    • JQI, University of Maryland Department of Physics and National Institute of Standards

  • E.E. Edwards

    • University of Maryland
    • JQI, University of Maryland Department of Physics and National Institute of Standards

  • Kihwan Kim

    • JQI, University of Maryland Department of Physics and National Institute of Standards
    • Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland Department of Physics and National Institute of Standards and Technology, College Park, MD 20742

  • K.R. Islam

    • JQI- University of Maryland Department of Physics and National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • JQI, University of Maryland Department of Physics and National Institute of Standards

  • L. Luo

    • JQI, University of Maryland Department of Physics and National Institute of Standards

  • J.D. Sterk

    • JQI, University of Maryland Department of Physics and National Institute of Standards

  • T.A. Manning

    • JQI, University of Maryland Department of Physics and National Institute of Standards

  • M.-S. Chang

    • JQI, University of Maryland Department of Physics and National Institute of Standards

  • C. Monroe

    • JQI, University of Maryland Department of Physics and National Institute of Standards

  • Guin-Dar Lin

    • Focus Center and MCTP, Department of Physics, University of Michigan
    • University of Michigan

  • Luming Duan

    • Focus Center and MCTP, Department of Physics, University of Michigan
    • University of Michigan

  • Daniel Stick

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Matthew Blain

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • J. Amini

    • Georgia Tech Research Institute
    • Signature Technology Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute

  • R.E. Slusher

    • Signature Technology Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute