Local probe of single phonon dynamics in warm ion crystals

A. Abdelrahman; O. Khosravani; M. Gessner; A. Buchleitner; H. -P. Breuer; D. Gorman; R. Masuda; T. Pruttivarasin; M. Ramm; P. Schindler; H. Häffner

doi:10.1038/ncomms15712

Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Local probe of single phonon dynamics in warm ion crystals

A. Abdelrahman,
O. Khosravani,
M. Gessner,
A. Buchleitner,
H. -P. Breuer,
D. Gorman,
R. Masuda,
T. Pruttivarasin,
M. Ramm,
P. Schindler,
H. Häffner

Affiliations

A. Abdelrahman: Department of Physics, University of California
O. Khosravani: Department of Physics, University of California
M. Gessner: Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
A. Buchleitner: Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
H. -P. Breuer: Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
D. Gorman: Department of Physics, University of California
R. Masuda: Department of Physics, University of California
T. Pruttivarasin: Department of Physics, University of California
M. Ramm: Department of Physics, University of California
P. Schindler: Department of Physics, University of California
H. Häffner: Department of Physics, University of California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15712
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

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An exhausting characterization of the coherence properties of quantum system becomes challenging with increasing system size. Here the authors demonstrate that phonon autocorrelation functions and quantum discord can be measured with local control, and validate it in a string of 42 trapped ions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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