Fast, high-fidelity addressed single-qubit gates using efficient composite pulse sequences

AD Leu, MF Gely, MA Weber, MC Smith… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We use electronic microwave control methods to implement addressed single-qubit gates
with high speed and fidelity, for Ca+ 43 hyperfine “atomic clock” qubits in a cryogenic (100 …

How to Wire a -Qubit Trapped-Ion Quantum Computer

M Malinowski, DTC Allcock, CJ Ballance - PRX Quantum, 2023 - APS
One of the most formidable challenges of scaling up quantum computers is that of control-
signal delivery. Today's small-scale quantum computers typically connect each qubit to one …

Robust and fast microwave-driven quantum logic for trapped-ion qubits

MA Weber, MF Gely, RK Hanley, TP Harty, AD Leu… - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
Microwave-driven logic is a promising alternative to laser control in scaling trapped-ion
based quantum processors. We implement Mølmer-Sørensen two-qubit gates on 43 Ca+ …

Individually Addressed Quantum Gate Interactions Using Dynamical Decoupling

MC Smith, AD Leu, MF Gely, DM Lucas - PRX Quantum, 2024 - APS
A leading approach to implementing small-scale quantum computers has been to use laser
beams, focused to micron spot sizes, to address and entangle trapped ions in a linear …

Single-qubit gates with errors at the level

MC Smith, AD Leu, K Miyanishi, MF Gely… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We report the achievement of single-qubit gates with sub-part-per-million error rates, in a
trapped-ion $^{43} $ Ca $^{+} $ hyperfine clock qubit. We explore the speed/fidelity trade-off …

Homodyne quadrature laser interferometry for the characterization of low-frequency residual vibrational noise in cryogenic trapped-ion systems

Q Qin, B Ou, W Wu, Y **e, T Chen, C Wu, P Chen - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Cryogenic trapped-ion systems (CTISs) have emerged as indispensable platforms for the
advancement of quantum computation and precision measurement techniques. However …

Superconducting surface trap chips for microwave-driven trapped ions

Y Tsuchimoto, I Nakamura, S Shirai… - EPJ Quantum …, 2024 - epjqt.epj.org
Microwave-driven trapped ion logic gates offer a promising avenue for advancing beyond
laser-based logic operations. In future microwave-based operations, however, the joule heat …

Measurement-Induced Heating of Trapped Ions

AJ Rasmusson, I Jung, F Schroer, A Kyprianidis… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We experimentally study the heating of trapped atomic ions during measurement of their
internal qubit states. During measurement, ions are projected into one of two basis states …

A 3-dimensional scanning trapped-ion probe

T Sägesser, S Jain, P Hrmo, A Ferk, M Simoni… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Single-atom quantum sensors offer high spatial resolution and high sensitivity to electric and
magnetic fields. Among them, trapped ions offer exceptional performance in sensing electric …

Surface-electrode ion trap design for near-field microwave quantum gates

JE Tarlton, RC Thompson, DM Lucas - Applied Physics B, 2023 - Springer
We present a design study into an ion trap electrode geometry for applying near-field
microwave two-qubit gates. This design features an 'S'-shaped meander electrode to …