Phase and Amplitude Control of light patterns for Trapped-Ion Quantum Simulation

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Abstract

Trapped ions provide a natural platform for the quantum simulation of spin and spin-boson models with a high degree of control and long coherence times achieved via tailored laser fields. Here we describe an optical setup wherein a phase-only spatial light modulator is used to shape a single incident Gaussian beam into an array of Hermite-Gaussian beams with arbitrary phase and intensity control [1]. The transverse electric field gradient of the Hermite-Gaussian beams will allow for coupling to axial modes of motion using a beam array that is orthogonal to the trap axis [2]. This will be achieved with geometric phase gates that have been shown to have high fidelities [3] and can be used to simulate spin-spin interactions between ions [4]. The beam array will address the quadrupole transition 2S1/2-2D3/2 to implement zz spin-spin interactions on the hyperfine qubit of 171Yb+ ions [5]. We present computational and experimental results of the optical scheme and optimization algorithm, including the characterization of the resulting beams' phase and intensity transverse profiles using an interferometer.

[1] L. Wu, et al., 2015 Sci Rep 5 15426

[2] A. D. West, et al., Quantum Sci. Technol. 6 024003 (2021)

[3] V. Schäfer, et al., Nature 555, 75–78 (2018)

[4] J. Britton, et al., Nature 484, 489–492 (2012)

[5] C. H. Baldwin, et al., Phys. Rev. A, 103, 012603 (2021)

*This work is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF CAREER award No. PHY-2144910), the Army Research Office (Grant No. W911NF22C0012), the Army Research Laboratory (Grant No. W911QX21C0031), Welch Foundation Grant No. C-2154, and the Office of Naval Research (Grants No. N00014-23-12665 and the Young Investigator Program N00014-22-1-2282). We acknowledge that this material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under the Early Career Award No. DE-SC0023806.

Presenters

  • April X Sheffield

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.A
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, U.S.A.
    • Rice University
    • Physics and astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

Authors

  • April X Sheffield

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.A
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, U.S.A.
    • Rice University
    • Physics and astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

  • Midhuna Suganthi Duraisamy

    • Applied Physics Graduate Program, Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.A
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, U.S.A. ; Applied Physics Graduate Program, Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, U.S.A.
    • Rice University
    • Physics and astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA; Applied Physics Graduate Program, Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX , USA
    • Rice University; Applied Physics Graduate Program, Smalley-Curl Institute

  • Mingjian Zhu

    • Rice University
    • Physics and astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

  • Roman Zhuravel

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.A
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, U.S.A.
    • Rice University
    • Physics and astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

  • Abhishek Menon

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.A
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, U.S.A.
    • Rice University
    • Physics and astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

  • Visal So

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.A
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, U.S.A.
    • Rice University
    • Physics and astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

  • Guido Pagano

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.A, Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.A
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, U.S.A. ; Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, U.S.A.
    • Rice University
    • Physics and astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA; Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
    • Rice University; Smalley-Curl Institute