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Long-lived metastable states in the 4f5d6s configuration of Yb

Z. E. D. Ackerman, A. Cadarso Quevedo, Ilango Maran +4

We study the occurrence of long-lived metastable states in the 4f5d6s electron configuration of Yb. By optical pumping of a single trapped ion on the $^2F^\text{o}_{7/2}…

quant-ph2025

Quadratic spin-phonon coupling and bipolarons in trapped ions

L. P. H. Gallagher, M. Mazzanti, Z. E. D. Ackerman +3

We consider the quantum simulation of quadratic spin-phonon coupling in a crystal of trapped ions. The coupling is implemented using tightly focused optical tweezers on each ion th…

quant-ph2025

Non-paraxial effects on laser-qubit operations

L. P. H. Gallagher, M. Mazzanti, Z. E. D. Ackerman +3

Tightly-focused laser beams, or optical tweezers, are essential for analogue and digital quantum simulation with neutral atoms and trapped ions. Despite this, most of the current i…

physics.atom-ph2024

Single ion spectroscopy of four metastable state clear-out transitions in Yb II: isotope shifts and hyperfine structure

N. A. Diepeveen, C. Robalo Pereira, M. Mazzanti +5

We present spectroscopic data for four metastable state clear-out transitions between 399 nm and 412 nm for all even long-lived isotopes of Yb as well as their hyperfine struct…

quant-ph2024

Alignment and Optimisation of Optical Tweezers on Trapped Ions

M. Mazzanti, C. Robalo Pereira, N. A. Diepeveen +7

This paper presents a routine to align an optical tweezer on a single trapped ion and use the ion as a probe to characterize the tweezer. We find a smallest tweezer waist of $2.3(2…