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20102025
most citedDesign, Fabrication, and Experimental Demonstration of Junction Surface Ion Traps

85 citations · 485 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

quant-ph2025

Observation of a Topological Berry Phase with a Single Phonon in an Ion Microtrap Array

Justin F. Niedermeyer, Nathan K. Lysne, Katherine C. McCormick +11

Controlled quantum mechanical motion of trapped atomic ions can be used to simulate and explore collective quantum phenomena and to process quantum information. Groups of cold atom…

quant-ph2024

Multi-junction surface ion trap for quantum computing

J. D. Sterk, M. G. Blain, M. Delaney +11

Surface ion traps with two-dimensional layouts of trapping regions are natural architectures for storing large numbers of ions and supporting the connectivity needed to implement q…

quant-ph2023★ 34 cited

Multi-site Integrated Optical Addressing of Trapped Ions

Joonhyuk Kwon, William J. Setzer, Michael Gehl +6

One of the most effective ways to advance the performance of quantum computers and quantum sensors is to increase the number of qubits or quantum resources in the system. A major t…

physics.app-ph2021★ 9 cited

In situ detection of RF breakdown on microfabricated surface ion traps

Joshua M. Wilson, Julia N. Tilles, Raymond A. Haltli +4

Microfabricated surface ion traps are a principle component of many ion-based quantum information science platforms. The operational parameters of these devices are pushed to the e…

quant-ph2021★ 38 cited

Fluorescence Detection of a Trapped Ion with a Monolithically Integrated Single-Photon-Counting Avalanche Diode

W. J. Setzer, M. Ivory, O. Slobodyan +7

We report on the first demonstration of fluorescence detection using single-photon avalanche photodiodes (SPADs) monolithically integrated with a microfabricated surface ion trap.…

quant-ph2020★ 66 cited

Integrated optical addressing of a trapped ytterbium ion

M. Ivory, W. J. Setzer, N. Karl +6

We report on the characterization of heating rates and photo-induced electric charging on a microfabricated surface ion trap with integrated waveguides. Microfabricated surface ion…

quant-ph2015★ 5 cited

Freely configurable quantum simulator based on a two-dimensional array of individually trapped ions

Manuel Mielenz, Henning Kalis, Matthias Wittemer +7

A custom-built and precisely controlled quantum system may offer access to a fundamental understanding of another, less accessible system of interest. A universal quantum computer…

quant-ph2015★ 36 cited

Assembling a ring-shaped crystal in a microfabricated surface ion trap

Boyan Tabakov, Francisco Benito, Matthew Blain +7

We report on experiments with a microfabricated surface trap designed for trapping a chain of ions in a ring. Uniform ion separation over most of the ring is achieved with a rotati…

quant-ph2013★ 33 cited

Single qubit manipulation in a microfabricated surface electrode ion trap

Emily Mount, So-Young Baek, Matthew Blain +7

We trap individual Yb ions in a surface trap microfabricated on a silicon substrate, and demonstrate a complete set of high fidelity single qubit operations for the hyp…

quant-ph2011★ 62 cited

Reduction of heating rate in a microfabricated ion trap by pulsed-laser cleaning

D T C Allcock, L Guidoni, T P Harty +4

Laser-cleaning of the electrodes in a planar micro-fabricated ion trap has been attempted using ns pulses from a tripled Nd:YAG laser at 355nm. The effect of the laser pulses at se…

quant-ph2011★ 59 cited

Heating rate and electrode charging measurements in a scalable, microfabricated, surface-electrode ion trap

D. T. C. Allcock, T. P. Harty, H. A. Janacek +9

We characterise the performance of a surface-electrode ion "chip" trap fabricated using established semiconductor integrated circuit and micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) micr…

quant-ph2011★ 85 cited

Design, Fabrication, and Experimental Demonstration of Junction Surface Ion Traps

D. L. Moehring, C. Highstrete, D. Stick +4

We present the design, fabrication, and experimental implementation of surface ion traps with Y-shaped junctions. The traps are designed to minimize the pseudopotential variations…

physics.ins-det2010★ 34 cited

Integration of fluorescence collection optics with a microfabricated surface electrode ion trap

Gregory R. Brady, A. Robert Ellis, David L. Moehring +11

We have successfully demonstrated an integrated optical system for collecting the fluorescence from a trapped ion. The system, consisting of an array of transmissive, dielectric mi…

physics.ins-det2010★ 24 cited

Demonstration of a microfabricated surface electrode ion trap

D Stick, K M Fortier, R Haltli +4

In this paper we present the design, modeling, and experimental testing of surface electrode ion traps fabricated in a heterostructure configuration comprising a silicon substrate,…