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Atomic and Laser Physics
Credit: Jack Hobhouse

Oana Bazavan

EPSRC Doctoral Prize

Sub department

  • Atomic and Laser Physics

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  • Ion trap quantum computing
oana.bazavan@physics.ox.ac.uk
Clarendon Laboratory, room Old Library
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Synthetic Z 2 gauge theories based on parametric excitations of trapped ions

Communications Physics Nature Research 7:1 (2024) 229

Authors:

Oana Bǎzǎvan, Sebastian Saner, Emanuelle Tirrito, Gabriel Araneda, Raghavendra Srinivas, Alejandro Bermudez

Abstract:

Resource efficient schemes for the quantum simulation of lattice gauge theories can benefit from hybrid encodings of gauge and matter fields that use the native degrees of freedom, such as internal qubits and motional phonons in trapped-ion devices. We propose to use a parametric scheme to induce a tunneling of the phonons conditioned to the internal qubit state which, when implemented with a single trapped ion, corresponds to a minimal Z2 gauge theory. To evaluate the feasibility of this scheme, we perform numerical simulations of the state-dependent tunneling using realistic parameters, and identify the leading sources of error in future experiments. We discuss how to generalize this minimal case to more complex settings by increasing the number of ions, moving from a single link to a Z2 plaquette, and to an entire Z2 chain. We present analytical expressions for the gauge-invariant dynamics and the corresponding confinement, which are benchmarked using matrix product state simulations.
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Breaking the entangling gate speed limit for trapped-ion qubits using a phase-stable standing wave

Physical Review Letters American Physical Society 131:22 (2023) 220601

Authors:

Sebastian Saner, Oana Băzăvan, M Minder, Peter Drmota, DJ Webb, Gabriel Araneda Machuca, Raghavendra Srinivas, David M Lucas, Christopher J Ballance

Abstract:

All laser-driven entangling operations for trapped-ion qubits have hitherto been performed without control of the optical phase of the light field, which precludes independent tuning of the carrier and motional coupling. By placing 88Sr+ ions in a λ=674  nm standing wave, whose relative position is controlled to ≈λ/100, we suppress the carrier coupling by a factor of 18, while coherently enhancing the spin-motion coupling. We experimentally demonstrate that the off-resonant carrier coupling imposes a speed limit for conventional traveling-wave Mølmer-Sørensen gates; we use the standing wave to surpass this limit and achieve a gate duration of 15  μs, restricted by the available laser power.
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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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