T-junction ion trap array for two-dimensional ion shuttling, storage, and manipulation

By W. Hensinger, S. Olmschenk, D. Stick, D. Hucul, M. Yeo, M. Acton, L. Deslauriers, C. Monroe, J. Rabchuk. 2005

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We demonstrate a two-dimensional 11-zone ion trap array, where individual laser-cooled atomic ions are stored, separated, shuttled, and swapped. The trap geometry consists of two linear rf-ion trap sections that are joined at a 90° angle to form a T-shaped structure. We shuttle a single ion around the corners of the T-junction and swap the positions of two crystallized ions using voltage sequences designed to accommodate the nontrivial electrical potential near the junction. Full two-dimensional control of multiple ions demonstrated in this system may be crucial for the realization of scalable ion trap quantum computation and the implementation of quantum networks.

Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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Toward scalable ion traps for quantum information processing (2009, background): “This is in contrast to the ion transport through a junction demonstrated in both [9, 10], where the transport was not assisted by laser cooling.”
Quantum simulations with cold trapped ions (2009, background): “…ion traps also allow for transporting ions between different trap locations [Wineland, Monroe, Itano, Leibfried, King & Meekhof 1998, Kielpinski et al. 2002, Rowe et al. 2002, Home & Steane 2006, Hensinger et al. 2006, Schulzet al. 2006, Reichle et al. 2006, Hucul et al. 2008, Huber et al. 2008].”
Quantum computing with trapped ions (2008, methodology): “First experiments were carried out by Pearson et al. (2006) and Hensinger et al. (2006).”