Our group focuses on the use of individual atoms and photons for fundamental studies of quantum physics and applications in quantum information science. $

A long term goal of our research is the realization of large-scale quantum information networks that could store and process information in a way that could eclipse the performance of conventional computers. Our main tools are electromagnetic atom traps and lasers, providing control of the most pristine source of quantum bits: trapped atomic ions.


Cadmium Yellow Entangled, by Boris Blinov (2005)
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Scaling the Ion Trap Quantum Information Processor

 

 

QUANTUM SIMULATIONS

Adiabatic phase transitions with N=16 trapped ion spins (two qubytes)

Transverse Ising Model with both transverse and axial fields

Optimized local adiabaticity in a quantum simulator

 

 

N=10 trapped atomic ion spins

Ground states: Antiferromagnetic order

 

First excited states: domain walls

 

 

ULTRAFAST ENTANGLEMENT

Picosecond pulsed lasers produce spin-dependent forces and ultrafast spin-motion entanglement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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