Spectroscopy and thermometry of drumhead modes in a mesoscopic trapped-ion crystal using entanglement

Brian C. Sawyer; Joseph W. Britton; Adam C. Keith; C. C.Joseph Wang; James K. Freericks; Hermann Uys; Michael J. Biercuk; John J. Bollinger

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.213003

Spectroscopy and thermometry of drumhead modes in a mesoscopic trapped-ion crystal using entanglement

Brian C. Sawyer, Joseph W. Britton, Adam C. Keith, C. C.Joseph Wang, James K. Freericks, Hermann Uys, Michael J. Biercuk, John J. Bollinger

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We demonstrate spectroscopy and thermometry of individual motional modes in a mesoscopic 2D ion array using entanglement-induced decoherence as a method of transduction. Our system is a ∼400μm-diameter planar crystal of several hundred Be+9 ions exhibiting complex drumhead modes in the confining potential of a Penning trap. Exploiting precise control over the Be+9 valence electron spins, we apply a homogeneous spin-dependent optical dipole force to excite arbitrary transverse modes with an effective wavelength approaching the interparticle spacing (∼20μm). Center-of-mass displacements below 1 nm are detected via the entanglement of spin and motional degrees of freedom.

Original language	English
Article number	213003
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	108
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.213003
State	Published - May 24 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Spectroscopy and thermometry of drumhead modes in a mesoscopic trapped-ion crystal using entanglement

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