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Entanglement and Tunable Spin-Spin Couplings between Trapped Ions Using Multiple Transverse Modes

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Physical Review Letters, 103 (12): 120502+ (September 2009)
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.120502

Abstract

We demonstrate tunable spin-spin couplings between trapped atomic ions, mediated by laser forces on multiple transverse collective modes of motion. A σxσx-type Ising interaction is realized between quantum bits stored in the ground hyperfine clock states of 171Yb+ ions. We demonstrate entangling gates and tailor the spin-spin couplings with two and three trapped ions. The use of closely spaced transverse modes provides a new class of interactions relevant to quantum computing and simulation with large collections of ions in a single crystal.

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