Penning micro-trap for quantum computing

S Jain, T Sägesser, P Hrmo, C Torkzaban, M Stadler… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Trapped ions in radio-frequency traps are among the leading approaches for realizing
quantum computers, because of high-fidelity quantum gates and long coherence times …

Sympathetic cooling schemes for separately trapped ions coupled via image currents

C Will, M Bohman, T Driscoll, M Wiesinger… - New Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Cooling of particles to mK-temperatures is essential for a variety of experiments with trapped
charged particles. However, many species of interest lack suitable electronic transitions for …

Bilayer crystals of trapped ions for quantum information processing

S Hawaldar, P Shahi, AL Carter, AM Rey, JJ Bollinger… - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
Trapped-ion systems are a leading platform for quantum information processing, but they
are currently limited to 1D and 2D arrays, which imposes restrictions on both their scalability …

Rapid cooling of the in-plane motion of two-dimensional ion crystals in a Penning trap to millikelvin temperatures

W Johnson, A Shankar, J Zaris, JJ Bollinger, SE Parker - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
We propose a highly feasible technique with no experimental overhead to rapidly cool the in-
plane degrees of freedom of large two-dimensional ion crystals in Penning traps. Through …

Formation of two-ion crystals by injection from a Paul-trap source into a high-magnetic-field Penning trap

J Berrocal, E Altozano, F Domínguez, MJ Gutiérrez… - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
Two-ion crystals constitute a platform for investigations of quantum nature that can be
extended to any ion species or charged particle provided one of the ions in the crystal can …

Stabilization of cat-state manifolds using nonlinear reservoir engineering

I Rojkov, M Simoni, E Zapusek, F Reiter… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We introduce a novel reservoir engineering approach for stabilizing multi-component Schr\"
odinger's cat manifolds. The fundamental principle of the method lies in the destructive …

Pulse optimization for high-precision motional-mode characterization in trapped-ion quantum computers

Q Liang, M Kang, M Li, Y Nam - Quantum Science and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
High-fidelity operation of quantum computers requires precise knowledge of the physical
system through characterization. For motion-mediated entanglement generation in trapped …

[HTML][HTML] Trap-integrated fluorescence detection with silicon photomultipliers for sympathetic laser cooling in a cryogenic Penning trap

M Wiesinger, F Stuhlmann, M Bohman… - Review of Scientific …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We present a fluorescence-detection system for laser-cooled 9 Be+ ions based on silicon
photomultipliers (SiPMs) operated at 4 K and integrated into our cryogenic 1.9 T multi …

Broadening of the drumhead-mode spectrum due to in-plane thermal fluctuations of two-dimensional trapped ion crystals in a Penning trap

A Shankar, C Tang, M Affolter, K Gilmore, DHE Dubin… - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
Two-dimensional crystals of ions stored in Penning traps are a leading platform for quantum
simulation and sensing experiments. For small amplitudes, the out-of-plane motion of such …

Sympathetic cooling of a single individually-trapped proton in a cryogenic Penning trap

M Wiesinger - 2023 - archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
A method to prepare arbitrary stored ions with low energy in the mK range would improve
many high-precision Penning trap experiments and is essential for high-precision …