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Atomic and Laser Physics
Credit: Jack Hobhouse

Dr Christopher Ballance

Future Leaders Fellow

Research theme

  • Quantum information and computation

Sub department

  • Atomic and Laser Physics

Research groups

  • Ion trap quantum computing
chris.ballance@physics.ox.ac.uk
Telephone: 01865 (2)72122
Clarendon Laboratory, room 512.40.23
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Breaking the entangling gate speed limit for trapped-ion qubits using a phase-stable standing wave

(2023)

Authors:

S Saner, O Băzăvan, M Minder, P Drmota, DJ Webb, G Araneda, R Srinivas, DM Lucas, CJ Ballance
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Verifiable blind quantum computing with trapped ions and single photons

(2023)

Authors:

P Drmota, DP Nadlinger, D Main, BC Nichol, EM Ainley, D Leichtle, A Mantri, E Kashefi, R Srinivas, G Araneda, CJ Ballance, DM Lucas
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Robust quantum memory in a trapped-ion quantum network node

Physical Review Letters American Physical Society 130 (2023) 090803

Authors:

Peter Drmota, Dougal Main, David P Nadlinger, Bethan Nichol, Marius A Weber, Ellis M Ainley, Ayush Agrawal, Raghavendra Srinivas, Gabriel Araneda, Chris J Ballance, David Lucas

Abstract:

We integrate a long-lived memory qubit into a mixed-species trapped-ion quantum network node. Ion-photon entanglement first generated with a network qubit in 88Sr+ is transferred to 43Ca+ with 0.977(7) fidelity, and mapped to a robust memory qubit. We then entangle the network qubit with another photon, which does not affect the memory qubit. We perform quantum state tomography to show that the fidelity of ion-photon entanglement decays ∼ 70 times slower on the memory qubit. Dynamical decoupling further extends the storage time; we measure an ion-photon entanglement fidelity of 0.81(4) after 10 s.
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Synthesizing a Sigma circumflex accent z spin-dependent force for optical, metastable, and ground-state trapped-ion qubits

Physical Review A American Physical Society 107:2 (2023) 22617

Authors:

Oana Bazavan, Sebastian Saner, M Minder, Ac Hughes, Rt Sutherland, Dm Lucas, R Srinivas, Cj Ballance

Abstract:

A single bichromatic field near resonant to a qubit transition is typically used for σx or σy Mølmer-Sørensen-type interactions in trapped-ion systems. Using this field configuration, it is also possible to synthesize a σz spin-dependent force by merely adjusting the beat-note frequency. Here, we expand on previous work and present a comprehensive theoretical and experimental investigation of this scheme with a laser near resonant to a quadrupole transition in Sr+88. Further, we characterize its robustness to optical phase and qubit frequency offsets, and demonstrate its versatility by entangling optical, metastable, and ground-state qubits.
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Sinara and ARTIQ: Open-Source Ion-Trapping Control System

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 02 (2023) 294-295

Authors:

Tomasz Przywózki, Paweł Kulik, Mikołaj Sowiński, Grzegorz Kasprowicz, David TC Allcock, Christopher Ballance, Sébastien Bourdeauducq, JW Britton, Thomas Harty, Robert Jördens, Marcin Kiepiela, Norman Krackow, David Nadlinger, Daniel Slichter, Filip Świtakowski, Marius Weber
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