High-Fidelity Transport of Trapped-Ion Qubits in a Multi-Layer Array

Abstract

A variety of physical platforms are investigated for quantum control of many particles, and techniques are extended to access multiple dimensions. Here, we present our experimental study of shuttling single Mg${}^{+}$ ions within a scalable trap-array architecture that contains up to thirteen trapping sites in a three-dimensional arrangement. We shuttle ions from a dedicated loading hub to multiple sites with a success rate of larger than $0.99999$. In a prototype application, we demonstrate the preservation of the coherence of superposition states of a hyperfine qubit during inter-site shuttling. Our findings highlight the potential of these techniques for use in future large-scale architectures.

8 pages, 5 figures

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