Energy Transport in Trapped Ion Chains

Abstract

We experimentally study energy transport in chains of trapped ions. We use a pulsed excitation scheme to rapidly add energy to the local motional mode of one of the ions in the chain. Subsequent energy readout allows us to determine how the excitation has propagated throughout the chain. We observe energy revivals that persist for many cycles. We study the behavior with an increasing number of ions of up to 37 in the chain, including a zig-zag configuration. The experimental results agree well with the theory of normal mode evolution. The described system provides an experimental toolbox for the study of thermodynamics of closed systems and energy transport in both classical and quantum regimes.

References in corpus (3)

• Quantum zigzag transition in ion chains
• Quantum phases of interacting phonons in ion traps
• Structural transitions of ion strings in quantum potentials

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