Quantum-enhanced sensing of displacements and electric fields with two-dimensional trapped-ion crystals

KA Gilmore, M Affolter, RJ Lewis-Swan, D Barberena… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Fully controllable ultracold atomic systems are creating opportunities for quantum sensing,
yet demonstrating a quantum advantage in useful applications by harnessing entanglement …

[HTML][HTML] The physics and applications of strongly coupled Coulomb systems (plasmas) levitated in electrodynamic traps

BM Mihalcea, VS Filinov, RA Syrovatka, LM Vasilyak - Physics reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Charged microparticles confined in electrodynamic traps evolve into strongly coupled
Coulomb systems (SCCS) which are the subject of current investigation. Recent results with …

Individual-ion addressing and readout in a Penning trap

BJ McMahon, KR Brown, CD Herold, BC Sawyer - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We implement individual addressing and readout of ions in a rigidly rotating planar crystal in
a compact, permanent magnet Penning trap. The crystal of Ca 40+ is trapped and stabilized …

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 …

Simulating Dynamical Phases of Chiral Superconductors with a Trapped ion Magnet

A Shankar, EA Yuzbashyan, V Gurarie, P Zoller… - PRX Quantum, 2022 - APS
Two-dimensional p+ ip superconductors and superfluids are systems that feature chiral
behavior emerging from the Cooper pairing of electrons or neutral fermionic atoms with …

Phase-coherent sensing of the center-of-mass motion of trapped-ion crystals

M Affolter, KA Gilmore, JE Jordan, JJ Bollinger - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
Trapped ions are sensitive detectors of weak forces and electric fields that excite ion motion.
Here measurements of the center-of-mass motion of a trapped-ion crystal that are phase …

In Situ‐Tunable Spin–Spin Interactions in a Penning Trap with In‐Bore Optomechanics

JH Pham, JYZ Jee, A Rischka… - Advanced Quantum …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental implementations of quantum simulation must balance control‐field‐induced
decoherence with the controllability of the quantum system. The ratio of coherent interaction …

Finite-temperature spectrum at the symmetry-breaking linear to zigzag transition

J Kiethe, L Timm, H Landa, D Kalincev, G Morigi… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We investigate the normal-mode spectrum of a trapped ion chain at the symmetry-breaking
linear to zigzag transition and at finite temperatures. For this purpose, we modulate the …

Normal modes, rotational inertia, and thermal fluctuations of trapped ion crystals

DHE Dubin - Physics of Plasmas, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The normal modes of a trapped ion crystal are derived using an approach based on the
Hermitian properties of the system's dynamical matrix. This method is equivalent to the …