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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Abstract

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 languageEnglish
Article number213003
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume108
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - May 24 2012
Externally publishedYes

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