Demonstration of a quantum logic gate in a cryogenic surface-electrode ion trap

Shannon X. Wang, Jaroslaw Labaziewicz, Yufei Ge, Ruth Shewmon, and Isaac L. Chuang
Phys. Rev. A 81, 062332 – Published 24 June 2010

Abstract

We demonstrate quantum control techniques for a single trapped ion in a cryogenic, surface-electrode trap. A narrow optical transition of Sr+ along with the ground and first excited motional states of the harmonic trapping potential form a two-qubit system. The optical qubit transition is susceptible to magnetic field fluctuations, which we stabilize with a simple and compact method using superconducting rings. Decoherence of the motional qubit is suppressed by the cryogenic environment. ac Stark shift correction is accomplished by controlling the laser phase in the pulse sequencer, eliminating the need for an additional laser. Quantum process tomography is implemented on atomic and motional states by use of conditional pulse sequences. With these techniques, we demonstrate a Cirac-Zoller controlled-not gate in a single ion with a mean fidelity of 91(1)%.

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  • Received 24 December 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.062332

©2010 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Shannon X. Wang*, Jaroslaw Labaziewicz, Yufei Ge, Ruth Shewmon, and Isaac L. Chuang

  • Center for Ultracold Atoms, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

  • *sxwang@mit.edu

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Vol. 81, Iss. 6 — June 2010

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