Synthesizing a ${\hat{\sigma }}_z$ spin-dependent force for optical, metastable, and ground state trapped-ion qubits

O. Băzăvan, S. Saner, M. Minder +5

A single bichromatic field near-resonant to a qubit transition is typically used for ${\hat{\sigma }}_x$ or ${\hat{\sigma }}_y$ Mølmer-Sørensen type interactions in trapped ion systems. Using this fie…