English

Dipole-phonon quantum logic with alkaline-earth monoxide and monosulfide cations

Quantum Physics 2020-12-02 v1 Atomic Physics

Abstract

Dipole-phonon quantum logic (DPQL) leverages the interaction between polar molecular ions and the motional modes of a trapped-ion Coulomb crystal to provide a potentially scalable route to quantum information science. Here, we study a class of candidate molecular ions for DPQL, the cationic alkaline-earth monoxides and monosulfides, which possess suitable structure for DPQL and can be produced in existing atomic ion experiments with little additional complexity. We present calculations of DPQL operations for one of these molecules, CaO+^+, and discuss progress towards experimental realization. We also further develop the theory of DPQL to include state preparation and measurement and entanglement of multiple molecular ions.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2008.09201,
  title  = {Dipole-phonon quantum logic with alkaline-earth monoxide and monosulfide cations},
  author = {Michael Mills and Hao Wu and Evan C. Reed and Lu Qi and Kenneth R. Brown and Christian Schneider and Michael C. Heaven and Wesley C. Campbell and Eric R. Hudson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.09201},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

10 pages, 6 figures

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