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Spectroscopy of a synthetic trapped ion qubit

Quantum Physics 2017-09-13 v1 Atomic Physics

Abstract

133Ba+^{133}\text{Ba}^+ has been identified as an attractive ion for quantum information processing due to the unique combination of its spin-1/2 nucleus and visible wavelength electronic transitions. Using a microgram source of radioactive material, we trap and laser-cool the synthetic AA = 133 radioisotope of barium II in a radio-frequency ion trap. Using the same, single trapped atom, we measure the isotope shifts and hyperfine structure of the 62P1/26^2 \text{P}_{1/2} \leftrightarrow 62S1/26^2 \text{S}_{1/2} and 62P1/26^2 \text{P}_{1/2} \leftrightarrow 52D3/25^2 \text{D}_{3/2} electronic transitions that are needed for laser cooling, state preparation, and state detection of the clock-state hyperfine and optical qubits. We also report the 62P1/26^2 \text{P}_{1/2} \leftrightarrow 52D3/25^2 \text{D}_{3/2} electronic transition isotope shift for the rare AA = 130 and 132 barium nuclides, completing the spectroscopic characterization necessary for laser cooling all long-lived barium II isotopes.

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@article{arxiv.1705.09736,
  title  = {Spectroscopy of a synthetic trapped ion qubit},
  author = {David Hucul and Justin E. Christensen and Eric R. Hudson and Wesley C. Campbell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.09736},
  year   = {2017}
}