9/1/2003 - Raman transitions using an
Electro-optic Modulator are documented and published. We used a novel technique for
frequency doubling all the EOM sidebands.
6/17/02 - CCD Press Release and Nature Article - Our lab was the subject of a recent press release from the University's news services. The release discusses our lab's long term goal of building an ion trap CCD (or "switch yard") for efficient quantum computing. It also very briefly summarizes an article written by Prof. Monroe and others in the latest issue of Nature.
2/4/02 - MCTP and FOCUS Decoherence Workshop - The Michigan
Center for Theoretical Physics (MCTP)
and FOCUS are pleased to present a workshop on "Quantum Decoherence." The workshop will take place between August 21st and 28th on the
campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor,
MI. More information is available here.
1/7/02 - New Lab/Paper - We've moved to a new lab in the sub basement
of Randall. Our new location is SB288 Randall.
Additionally, the Publications section of this website has been updated with a new
paper on sympathetic cooling of trapped Cd+ ions. [.PDF, 145Kb]
2001
Dec. 2001 - Our group
presented its current research to the December FOCUS meeting. Below are a brief description of the talk and
downloadable copy of the accompanying presentation slides:
Trapped ions are perhaps the
most attractive system for engineering large-scale entanglement and
constructing a quantum computer. Atomic cadmium ions are particularly
well-suited for this purpose, and we have made the first steps toward
implementing high precision quantum logic gates in cadmium. We have
recently demonstrated sympathetic cooling between two different
cadmium isotopes, which may prove useful for quenching motional
decoherence. More information is available in this paper.
Oct. 2001 - As part of the FOCUS Center's
inaugural conference, members of our group presented a poster on
proposed research entitled "Strong Field Control of Trapped
Ions: Quantum Surfing and Fast Quantum Logic." The
poster is now available online. [.PDF, 59.6Kb]
