One-dimensional array of ion chains coupled to an optical cavity

Marko Cetina; Alexei Bylinskii; Leon Karpa; Dorian Gangloff; Kristin M Beck; Yufei Ge; Matthias Scholz; Andrew T Grier; Isaac Chuang; Vladan Vuletić

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/15/5/053001

New Journal of Physics (Jan 2013)

One-dimensional array of ion chains coupled to an optical cavity

Marko Cetina,
Alexei Bylinskii,
Leon Karpa,
Dorian Gangloff,
Kristin M Beck,
Yufei Ge,
Matthias Scholz,
Andrew T Grier,
Isaac Chuang,
Vladan Vuletić

Affiliations

Marko Cetina: Department of Physics, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Alexei Bylinskii: Department of Physics, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Leon Karpa: Department of Physics, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Dorian Gangloff: Department of Physics, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Kristin M Beck: Department of Physics, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Yufei Ge: Department of Physics, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Matthias Scholz: Department of Physics, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Andrew T Grier: Department of Physics, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Isaac Chuang: Department of Physics, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Vladan Vuletić: Department of Physics, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/5/053001
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 5
p. 053001

Abstract

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We present a novel system where an optical cavity is integrated with a microfabricated planar-electrode ion trap. The trap electrodes produce a tunable periodic potential allowing the trapping of up to 50 separate ion chains aligned with the cavity and spaced by 160 μ m in a one-dimensional array along the cavity axis. Each chain can contain up to 20 individually addressable Yb ^+ ions coupled to the cavity mode. We demonstrate deterministic distribution of ions between the sites of the electrostatic periodic potential and control of the ion–cavity coupling. The measured strength of this coupling should allow access to the strong collective coupling regime with ≲10 ions. The optical cavity could serve as a quantum information bus between ions or be used to generate a strong wavelength-scale periodic optical potential.

Published in New Journal of Physics

ISSN: 1367-2630 (Online)
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
Website: https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1367-2630

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