Quantum-enhanced sensing of displacements and electric fields with large trapped-ion crystals

Abstract

Developing the isolation and control of ultracold atomic systems to the level of single quanta has led to significant advances in quantum sensing, yet demonstrating a quantum advantage in real world applications by harnessing entanglement remains a core task. Here, we realize a many-body quantum-enhanced sensor to detect weak displacements and electric fields using a large crystal of $\sim 150$ trapped ions. The center of mass vibrational mode of the crystal serves as high-Q mechanical oscillator and the collective electronic spin as the measurement device. By entangling the oscillator and the collective spin before the displacement is applied and by controlling the coherent dynamics via a many-body echo we are able to utilize the delicate spin-motion entanglement to map the displacement into a spin rotation such that we avoid quantum back-action and cancel detrimental thermal noise. We report quantum enhanced sensitivity to displacements of $8.8\pm 0.4$dB below the standard quantum limit and a sensitivity for measuring electric fields of $240\pm 10\mathrm{nV}{\mathrm{m}}^{-1}$ in $1$ second ($240\mathrm{nV}{\mathrm{m}}^{-1}/\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}$).

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