Planar ion chip design for scalable quantum information processing

We investigate a planar ion chip design with a two-dimensional array of linear ion traps for scalable quantum information processing. Qubits are formed from the internal electronic states of trapped ^40Ca^＋ ions. The segmented electrodes reside in a single plane on a substrate and a grounded metal plate separately, a combination of appropriate rf and DC potentials is applied to them for stable ion confinement. Every two adjacent electrodes can generate a linear ion trap in and between the electrodes above the chip at a distance dependent on the geometrical scale and other considerations. The potential distributions are calculated by using a static electric field qualitatively. This architecture provides a conceptually simple avenue to achieving the microfabrication and large-scale quantum computation based on the arrays of trapped ions.

Single atoms in the ring lattice for quantum information processing and quantum simulation

We have demonstrated preparing and rotating single neutral rubidium atoms in an optical ring lattice generated by a spatial light modulator, inserting two atoms into a single microscopic optical potential efficiently by dynamically reshaping the optical dipole trap, trapping single atoms in a blue detuned optical bottle beam trap, and confining single atoms into the Lamb-Dicke regime by combining red and blue detuned optical potentials. In combination with the manipulation of internal states of single atoms, the study is opening a way for research in the field of quantum information processing and quantum simulation. In this paper we review the past works and discuss the prospects.

Quantum feedback cooling of two trapped ions

We present a sub-Doppler cooling scheme of a two-trapped-ion crystal by quantum feedback control method. In the scheme, we obtain the motional information by continuously measuring the spontaneous emission photons from one single ion of the crystal, and then apply a feedback force to cool the whole chain down.We derive the cooling dynamics of the cooling scheme using quantum feedback theory and quantum regression theorem. The result shows that with experimentally achievable parameters, our scheme can achieve lower temperature and faster cooling rate than Doppler cooling.

A cloud of laser cooled ^(40)Ca^+ in a linear ion trap

A cloud of 40Ca+is successfully trapped and cooled using the radiation of a red-detuned 397 nm laser beam and a resonant 866 nm laser beam in our prototype linear ion trap,which was designed and constructed for studying quantum information processing.We have characterized the size of the ion cloud,estimating the temperature to be in the order of milli-Kelvins.

Generation of visible Raman operation laser by a fiber electro-optical modulator feedback loop

Phase-coherent multi-tone lasers play a critical role in atomic,molecular,and optical physics.Among them,the Raman opeartion laser for manipulating atomic hyperfine qubits requires gigahertz bandwidth and low phase noise to retain long-term coherence.Raman operation lasers generated by directly modulated and frequency-multipled infrared lasers are compact and stable but lack feedback control to actively suppress the phase noise,which limits their performance in practical applications.In this work,we employ a fiber electro-optical modulator driven by a voltage-controlled oscillator(VCO)to modulate a monochromatic laser and employ a second-harmonic generation process to convert it to the visible domain,where the beat note of the Raman operation laser is stabilized by controlling the output frequency of VCO with a digital phase-locked loop(PLL).The low-frequency phase noise is effectively suppressed compared to the scheme without active feedback and it reaches-80 d Bc/Hz@5 k Hz with a 20 k Hz loop bandwidth.Furthermore,this compact and robust scheme effectively reduces the system's complexity and cost,which is promising for extensive application in atomic,molecular,and optical physics.

One-step discrimination scheme on N-particle Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger bases

We present an experimentally feasible one-step discrimination scheme on Bell bases with trapped ions, and then generalize it to the case of N-ion Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger （GHZ） bases. In the scheme, all the orthogonal and complete N-ion GHZ internal states can be exactly discriminated only by one step, and thus it takes very short time. Moreover, the scheme is insensitive to thermal motion and dose not require the individual addressing of the ions. The Bell-state and GHZ-state one-step discrimination scheme can be widely used in quantum information processing based on ion-trap set-up.

Operational effects of the UNOT gate on classical and quantum correlations

The NOT gate that flips a classical bit is ubiquitous in classical information processing.However its quantum analogue,the universal NOT(UNOT) gate that flips a quantum spin in any alignment into its antipodal counterpart is strictly forbidden.Here we explore the connection between this discrepancy and how UNOT gates affect classical and quantum correlations.We show that while a UNOT gate always preserves classical correlations between two spins,it can non-locally increase or decrease their shared discord in ways that allow violation of the data processing inequality.We experimentally illustrate this using a multi-level trapped ^(171)Yb^+ ion that allows simulation of anti-unitary operations.

离子存储、冷却及在量子频标中的应用

首先回顾了量子频标中离子存储和冷却的基本原理,介绍了用分子动力学计算得到的十二极阱中离子的分布和加热速率的结果.然后在此结果基础上,计算了十二极阱射频加热效应和离子微运动对频标造成的影响.相比传统的四极阱,一方面十二极阱可以降低离子云的加热速率,有利于利用Ramsey脉冲进一步压窄离子谱线线宽;另外,十二极阱内势场中部平坦边缘陡峭,可有效降低离子微运动带来的二级多普勒效应,有利于提高离子频标的准确度和稳定性.该文还介绍了美国JPL实验室高稳定性、高准确度、199Hg+离子钟的工作,以及我们正在开展的基于多极阱中激光冷却的113Cd+离子的高稳定性量子频标的工作.