Efficient ground-state cooling of large trapped-ion chains with an electromagnetically-induced-transparency tripod scheme

L Feng, WL Tan, A De, A Menon, A Chu, G Pagano… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We report the electromagnetically-induced-transparency (EIT) cooling of a large trapped
Yb+ 171 ion chain to the quantum ground state. Unlike conventional EIT cooling, we engage …

Near ground-state cooling of two-dimensional trapped-ion crystals with more than 100 ions

E Jordan, KA Gilmore, A Shankar, A Safavi-Naini… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
We experimentally study electromagnetically induced transparency cooling of the drumhead
modes of planar two-dimensional arrays with up to N≈ 190 Be+ ions stored in a Penning …

Double-electromagnetically-induced-transparency ground-state cooling of stationary two-dimensional ion crystals

M Qiao, Y Wang, Z Cai, B Du, P Wang, C Luan… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We theoretically and experimentally investigate double-electromagnetically-induced
transparency (double-EIT) cooling of two-dimensional ion crystals confined in a Paul trap …

Toward improved quantum simulations and sensing with trapped two-dimensional ion crystals via parametric amplification

M Affolter, W Ge, B Bullock, SC Burd, KA Gilmore… - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Improving coherence is a fundamental challenge in quantum simulation and sensing
experiments with trapped ions. Here we discuss, experimentally demonstrate, and estimate …

Squeezed state metrology with Bragg interferometers operating in a cavity

A Shankar, L Salvi, ML Chiofalo, N Poli… - Quantum Science …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Bragg interferometers, operating using pseudospin-1/2 systems composed of two
momentum states, have become a mature technology for precision measurements. State-of …

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 …

Enhanced dark-state sideband cooling in trapped atoms via photon-mediated dipole-dipole interactions

CH Wang, YC Wang, CC Chen, CC Wang, HH Jen - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Resolved sideband cooling provides a crucial step in subrecoil cooling the trapped atoms
toward their motional ground state, which is essential in atom-based quantum technologies …

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 …

Superior dark-state cooling via nonreciprocal couplings in trapped atoms

CC Wang, YC Wang, CH Wang, CC Chen… - New Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Cooling the trapped atoms toward their motional ground states is key to applications of
quantum simulation and quantum computation. By utilizing nonreciprocal couplings …

[HTML][HTML] Site-resolved imaging of beryllium ion crystals in a high-optical-access Penning trap with inbore optomechanics

H Ball, CD Marciniak, RN Wolf, ATH Hung… - Review of Scientific …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We present the design, construction, and characterization of an experimental system
capable of supporting a broad class of quantum simulation experiments with hundreds of …