Microfabricated piezo-optomechanical switches for trapped ion quantum computing

ORAL

Abstract

Quantum information processors and atomic clocks based on trapped ions continue to push towards more complex systems with demanding I/O, size, and power requirements. These demands motivate the replacement of external optical conditioning elements, such as amplitude, phase, frequency modulators, with integrated versions on the same chip. Here, we test a promising solution, a microfabricated piezo-optomechanical Mach-Zehnder modulator that is compatible with monolithic integration of surface ion traps[1-2].We demonstrate the degree of amplitude and phase control necessary for quantum operations, testing directly on a trapped ion apparatus.



[1] P. R. Stanfield, et al, Opt. Express 27, 28588 (2019)

[2] M. Dong, et al., Nature Photonics 16 (1), 59-65 (2021)

*This research was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research. Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA0003525.

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Presenters

  • Craig Hogle

    • Sandia National Laboratories

Authors

  • Craig Hogle

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Hayden J McGuinness

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Daniel Dominguez

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Matt Eichenfield

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Daniel L Stick

    • Sandia National Laboratories