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Phonon-phonon interactions due to non-linear effects in a linear ion trap

Quantum Physics 2016-09-08 v1

Abstract

We examine in detail the theory of the intrinsic non-linearities in the dynamics of trapped ions due to the Coulomb interaction. In particular the possibility of mode-mode coupling, which can be a source of decoherence in trapped ion quantum computation, or, alternatively, can be exploited for parametric down-conversion of phonons, is discussed and conditions under which such coupling is possible are derived.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0211079,
  title  = {Phonon-phonon interactions due to non-linear effects in a linear ion trap},
  author = {Cyrille Marquet and Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler and Daniel F. V. James},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0211079},
  year   = {2016}
}

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25 pages, 4 figures

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