Universal gate-set for trapped-ion qubits using a narrow linewidth diode laser

Abstract

We report on the implementation of a high fidelity universal gate-set on optical qubits based on trapped ^88 Sr ^+ ions for the purpose of quantum information processing. All coherent operations were performed using a narrow linewidth diode laser. We employed a master-slave configuration for the laser, where an ultra low expansion glass Fabry–Perot cavity is used as a stable reference as well as a spectral filter. We characterized the laser spectrum using the ions with a modified Ramsey sequence which eliminated the affect of the magnetic field noise. We demonstrated high fidelity single qubit gates with individual addressing, based on inhomogeneous micromotion, on a two-ion chain as well as the Mølmer–Sørensen two-qubit entangling gate.

Keywords

• quantum information
• trapped ions
• universal gate set