High-fidelity two-qubit quantum logic gates in a trapped-ion chain using axial motional modes

Abstract

Trapped-ion systems are one of the leading platforms for quantum information processing, where a key challenge is to scale up system size while maintaining high-fidelity two-qubit operations. A promising approach is to build high-performance modules interconnected via strong coupling. In particular, axial motional modes provide a feasible means of coupling short ion chains. However, previous implementations of fully connected 5-ion modules based on axial modes have been limited to fidelities of $96.6-98.0\%$. Here, we demonstrate two-qubit quantum logic gates in a 5-ion ${}^{40}$Ca${}^{+}$ chain using axial modes, achieving fidelities exceeding $99\%$ for adjacent pairs and over $98\%$ for arbitrary pairs by carefully tackling dominant error sources. Our results are beneficial to the development of scalable ion-trap quantum processors, quantum simulation and quantum-enhanced metrology.

12 pages, 6 figures

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