Coupling two laser-cooled ions via a room-temperature conductor
Abstract
We demonstrate coupling between the motions of two independently trapped ions with a separation distance of 620 m. The ion-ion interaction is enhanced via a room-temperature electrically floating metallic wire which connects two surface traps. Tuning the motion of both ions into resonance, we show flow of energy with a coupling rate of 11 Hz. Quantum-coherent coupling is hindered by strong surface electric-field noise in our device. Our ion wire-ion system demonstrates that room-temperature conductors can be used to mediate and tune interactions between independently trapped charges over distances beyond those achievable with free-space dipole-dipole coupling. This technology may be used to sympathetically cool or entangle remotely trapped charges and enable coupling between disparate physical systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2107.00851,
title = {Coupling two laser-cooled ions via a room-temperature conductor},
author = {Da An and Alberto M. Alonso and Clemens Matthiesen and Hartmut Häffner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.00851},
year = {2022}
}