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Integrated multi-wavelength control of an ion qubit

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NATURE
Volume 586, Issue 7830, Pages 538-+

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NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2811-x

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  1. Department of Defense under Air Force [FA870215-D-0001]

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Monolithic integration of control technologies for atomic systems is a promising route to the development of quantum computers and portable quantum sensors(1-4). Trapped atomic ions form the basis of high-fidelity quantum information processors(5,6) and high-accuracy optical clocks(7). However, current implementations rely on free-space optics for ion control, which limits their portability and scalability. Here we demonstrate a surface-electrode ion-trap chip(8,9) using integrated waveguides and grating couplers, which delivers all the wavelengths of light required for ionization, cooling, coherent operations and quantum state preparation and detection of Sr+ qubits. Laser light from violet to infrared is coupled onto the chip via an optical-fibre array, creating an inherently stable optical path, which we use to demonstrate qubit coherence that is resilient to platform vibrations. This demonstration of CMOS-compatible integrated photonic surface-trap fabrication, robust packaging and enhanced qubit coherence is a key advance in the development of portable trapped-ion quantum sensors and clocks, providing a way towards the complete, individual control of larger numbers of ions in quantum information processing systems.

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