Webster, S, Weidt, S, McLoughlin, J J and Hensinger, W K (2013) Simple manipulation of a microwave dressed-state ion qubit. Physical Review Letters, 111 (14). p. 140501. ISSN 0031-9007

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Abstract

Many schemes for implementing quantum information processing require that the atomic states used have a non-zero magnetic moment, however such magnetically sensitive states of an atom are vulnerable to decoherence due to fluctuating magnetic fields. Dressing an atom with an external field is a powerful method of reducing such decoherence [N. Timoney et al., Nature 476, 185], even if the states being dressed are strongly coupled to the environment. We introduce an experimentally simpler method of manipulating such a dressed-state qubit, which allows the implementation of general rotations of the qubit, and demonstrate this method using a trapped ytterbium ion.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics > QC0170 Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter Including molecular physics, relativity, quantum theory, and solid state physics
Depositing User:	Winfried Hensinger
Date Deposited:	07 Oct 2013 16:03
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2017 08:55
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/45126

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