Manipulation and detection of a trapped<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mi>Yb</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math>hyperfine qubit 论文

摘要

We demonstrate the use of trapped ytterbium ions as quantum bits for quantum information processing. We implement fast, efficient state preparation and state detection of the first-order magnetic field-insensitive hyperfine levels of $^{171}\mathrm{Yb}^{+}$, with a measured coherence time of $2.5\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{s}$. The high efficiency and high fidelity of these operations is accomplished through the stabilization and frequency modulation of relevant laser sources.