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Trapped-ion processors are leading candidates for scalable quantum computation. However, motional heating remains a key obstacle to fault-tolerant operation, especially when system size increases. Heating error is particularly challenging…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-21 Zixuan Huo , Yangchao Shen , Xiao Yuan , Xiao-Ming Zhang

Due to inhomogeneous broadening, the absorption lines of rare-earth-ion dopands in crystals are many order of magnitudes wider than the homogeneous linewidths. Several ways have been proposed to use ions with different inhomogeneous shifts…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-02-22 Janus H. Wesenberg , Klaus Moelmer , Lars Rippe , Stefan Kroell

To implement useful quantum algorithms which demonstrate quantum advantage, we must scale currently demonstrated quantum computers up significantly. Leading platforms such as trapped ions face physical challenges in including more…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-07 Pei Jiang Low , Brendan White , Crystal Senko

Trapped ions constitute one of the most promising systems for implementing quantum computing and networking. For large-scale ion-trap-based quantum computers and networks, it is critical to have two types of qubits, one for computation and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-03 H. -X. Yang , J. -Y. Ma , Y. -K. Wu , Y. Wang , M. -M. Cao , W. -X. Guo , Y. -Y. Huang , L. Feng , Z. -C. Zhou , L. -M. Duan

Continuous-variable quantum computing utilizes continuous parameters of a quantum system to encode information, promising efficient solutions to complex problems. Trapped-ion systems provide a robust platform with long coherence times and…

The computational difficulty of solving fully quantum many-body spin problems is a significant obstacle to understanding the behavior of strongly correlated quantum matter. Experimental ion-trap quantum simulation is a promising approach…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-28 Philip Richerme

The superpositional wave function oscillations for finite-time implementation of quantum algorithms modifies the desired interference required for quantum computing. We propose a scheme with trapped ultracold ion-pairs being qubits to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Feng Mang , Zhu Xiwen , Gao Kelin , Shi Lei

Experiments directed towards the development of a quantum computer based on trapped atomic ions are described briefly. We discuss the implementation of single qubit operations and gates between qubits. A geometric phase gate between two ion…

Currently laser cooling schemes are fundamentally based on the weak coupling regime. This requirement sets the trap frequency as an upper bound to the cooling rate. In this work we present a numerical study that shows the feasibility of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 S. Machnes , M. B. Plenio , B. Reznik , A. M. Steane , A. Retzker

We propose a decoherence-free subspaces (DFS) scheme to realize scalable quantum computation with trapped ions. The spin-dependent Coulomb interaction is exploited, and the universal set of unconventional geometric quantum gates is achieved…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Li-Xiang Cen , Z. D. Wang , S. J. Wang

The electronic and motional degrees of freedom of trapped ions can be controlled and coherently coupled on the level of individual quanta. Assembling complex quantum systems ion by ion while keeping this unique level of control remains a…

We propose an architecture and methodology for large-scale quantum simulations using hyperfine states of trapped-ions in an arbitrary-layout microtrap array with laserless interactions. An ion is trapped at each site, and the electrode…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-03-13 J. Chiaverini , W. E. Lybarger

Scalable interferometers lie at the heart of photonic quantum technologies, but their expansion has been fundamentally limited by optical losses that grow with circuit depth. Here, we introduce and experimentally demonstrate a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-22 Abhinav Verma , Jacob Hastrup , Jonas S. Neergaard-Nielsen , Ulrik L. Andersen

Cryogenic environments benefit ion trapping experiments by offering lower motional heating rates, collision energies, and an ultra-high vacuum (UHV) environment for maintaining long ion chains for extended periods of time. Mechanical…

Qubit systems based on trapped ultracold ions win one of the leading positions in the quantum computing field, demonstrating quantum algorithms with the highest complexity to date. Surface Paul traps for ion confinement open the opportunity…

Trapped ions are a promising modality for quantum systems, with demonstrated utility as the basis for quantum processors and optical clocks. However, traditional trapped-ion systems are implemented using complex free-space optical…

Ion traps offer the opportunity to study fundamental quantum systems with high level of accuracy highly decoupled from the environment. Individual atomic ions can be controlled and manipulated with electric fields, cooled to the ground…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Marcus D. Hughes , Bjoern Lekitsch , Jiddu A. Broersma , Winfried K. Hensinger

Recent advances of quantum technologies rely on precise control and integration of quantum objects, and technological breakthrough is anticipated for further scaling up to realize practical applications. Trapped-ion quantum technology is a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Alto Osada , Koichiro Miyanishi

We report on the realization of a large-scale quantum-processing architecture surpassing the tier of 1000 atomic qubits. By tiling multiple microlens-generated tweezer arrays, each operated by an independent laser source, we can eliminate…

We propose a scheme to realize scalable quantum computation in a planar ion crystal confined by a Paul trap. We show that the inevitable in-plane micromotion affects the gate design via three separate effects: renormalization of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-02 Sheng-Tao Wang , Chao Shen , Lu-Ming Duan