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20122026
most citedEncoding a qubit in a trapped-ion mechanical oscillator

389 citations · 2.3k across the 27 of their papers we have counts for

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27 papers

physics.atom-ph2026

A monolithic segmented 3D ion trap fabricated from fused silica by selective laser-induced etching

Edgar Brucke, Martin Wagener, Moritz Fontboté-Schmidt +10

We present the design, fabrication, and characterization of a monolithic, segmented, three-dimensional linear Paul ion trap for quantum science applications. The trap is fabricated…

quant-ph2024★ 2 cited

Time-adaptive phase estimation

Brennan de Neeve, Andrey V. Lebedev, Vlad Negnevitsky +1

Phase estimation is known to be a robust method for single-qubit gate calibration in quantum computers, while Bayesian estimation is widely used in devising optimal methods for lea…

quant-ph2023★ 6 cited

Low-excitation transport and separation of high-mass-ratio mixed-species ion chains

Francesco Lancellotti, Stephan Welte, Matteo Simoni +6

We demonstrate low-excitation transport and separation of two-ion crystals consisting of one beryllium and one calcium ion, with a high mass ratio of . The full separation inv…

quant-ph2022★ 12 cited

Coherent Control of Trapped Ion Qubits with Localized Electric Fields

R. Srinivas, C. M. Löschnauer, M. Malinowski +8

We present a new method for coherent control of trapped ion qubits in separate interaction regions of a multi-zone trap by simultaneously applying an electric field and a spin-depe…

physics.med-ph2022★ 26 cited

MaRCoS, an open-source electronic control system for low-field MRI

Vlad Negnevitsky, Yolanda Vives-Gilabert, José M. Algarín +7

Every magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device requires an electronic control system that handles pulse sequences and signal detection and processing. Here we provide details on the…

physics.med-ph2022★ 16 cited

Benchmarking the performance of a low-cost Magnetic Resonance Control System at multiple sites in the open MaRCoS community

T. Guallart-Naval, T. O'Reilly, J. M. Algarín +9

Purpose: To describe the current properties and capabilities of an open-source hardware and software package that is being developed by many sites internationally with the aim of p…

physics.med-ph2022★ 6 cited

Portable magnetic resonance imaging of patients indoors, outdoors and at home

T. Guallart-Naval, J. M. Algarín, R. Pellicer-Guridi +15

Mobile medical imaging devices are invaluable for clinical diagnostic purposes both in and outside healthcare institutions. Among the various imaging modalities, only a few are rea…

quant-ph2021★ 23 cited

Generation of a maximally entangled state using collective optical pumping

M. Malinowski, C. Zhang, V. Negnevitsky +7

We propose and implement a novel scheme for dissipatively pumping two qubits into a singlet Bell state. The method relies on a process of collective optical pumping to an excited l…

quant-ph2021★ 382 cited

A compact ion-trap quantum computing demonstrator

Ivan Pogorelov, Thomas Feldker, Christian D. Marciniak +13

Quantum information processing is steadily progressing from a purely academic discipline towards applications throughout science and industry. Transitioning from lab-based, proof-o…

quant-ph2020★ 134 cited

Entangling logical qubits with lattice surgery

Alexander Erhard, Hendrik Poulsen Nautrup, Michael Meth +8

Future quantum computers will require quantum error correction for faithful operation. The correction capabilities come with an overhead for performing fault-tolerant logical opera…

quant-ph2018★ 389 cited

Encoding a qubit in a trapped-ion mechanical oscillator

Christa Flühmann, Thanh Long Nguyen, Matteo Marinelli +3

The stable operation of quantum computers will rely on error-correction, in which single quantum bits of information are stored redundantly in the Hilbert space of a larger system.…

quant-ph2018★ 135 cited

Repeated multi-qubit readout and feedback with a mixed-species trapped-ion register

Vlad Negnevitsky, Matteo Marinelli, Karan Mehta +3

Quantum error correction will be essential for realizing the full potential of large-scale quantum information processing devices. Fundamental to its experimental realization is th…

quant-ph2017★ 2 cited

Programmable and scalable radio-frequency pulse sequence generator for multi-qubit quantum information experiments

Ben Keitch, Vlad Negnevitsky, Weida Zhang

We present a versatile rf pulse control system that has been designed for multi-qubit quantum experiments. One instrument can be scaled to provide 32 channels of rf between 10 - 45…

quant-ph2017★ 63 cited

Sequential modular position and momentum measurements of a trapped ion mechanical oscillator

C. Flühmann, V. Negnevitsky, M. Marinelli +1

The non-commutativity of position and momentum observables is a hallmark feature of quantum physics. However this incompatibility does not extend to observables which are periodic…

quant-ph2017★ 60 cited

Sustained state-independent quantum contextual correlations from a single ion

F. M. Leupold, M. Malinowski, C. Zhang +4

We use a single trapped-ion qutrit to demonstrate the violation of an input-state-independent non-contextuality inequality using a sequence of randomly chosen quantum non-demolitio…

quant-ph2017★ 166 cited

Assessing the progress of trapped-ion processors towards fault-tolerant quantum computation

A. Bermudez, X. Xu, R. Nigmatullin +12

A quantitative assessment of the progress of small prototype quantum processors towards fault-tolerant quantum computation is a problem of current interest in experimental and theo…

quant-ph2016★ 37 cited

Quantum harmonic oscillator state control in a squeezed Fock basis

D. Kienzler, H. -Y. Lo, V. Negnevitsky +3

We demonstrate control of a trapped-ion quantum harmonic oscillator in a squeezed Fock state basis, using engineered Hamiltonians analogous to the Jaynes-Cummings and anti-Jaynes-C…

physics.atom-ph2016★ 19 cited

Cooling atomic ions with visible and infra-red light

F. Lindenfelser, M. Marinelli, V. Negnevitsky +2

We demonstrate the ability to load, cool and detect singly-charged calcium ions in a surface electrode trap using only visible and infrared lasers for the trapped-ion control. As o…

quant-ph2015★ 99 cited

Observation of quantum interference between separated mechanical oscillator wavepackets

D. Kienzler, C. Flühmann, V. Negnevitsky +4

The ability of matter to be superposed at two different locations while being intrinsically connected by a quantum phase is among the most counterintuitive predictions of quantum p…

quant-ph2015★ 2 cited

Time-dependent Hamiltonian estimation for Doppler velocimetry of trapped ions

L. E. de Clercq, R. Oswald, C. Flühmann +7

The time evolution of a closed quantum system is connected to its Hamiltonian through Schroedinger's equation. The ability to estimate the Hamiltonian is critical to our understand…

quant-ph2015★ 64 cited

Fast quantum control and light-matter interactions at the 10,000 quanta level

J. Alonso, F. M. Leupold, Z. U. Soler +5

Fast control of quantum systems is essential in order to make use of quantum properties before they are degraded by decoherence. This is important for quantum-enhanced information…

quant-ph2015★ 33 cited

Parallel transport quantum logic gates with trapped ions

Ludwig E. de Clercq, Hsiang-Yu Lo, Matteo Marinelli +6

We demonstrate single-qubit operations by transporting a beryllium ion with a controlled velocity through a stationary laser beam. We use these to perform coherent sequences of qua…

quant-ph2014★ 95 cited

Spin-motion entanglement and state diagnosis with squeezed oscillator wavepackets

Hsiang-Yu Lo, Daniel Kienzler, Ludwig de Clercq +4

Mesoscopic superpositions of distinguishable coherent states provide an analog to the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment. For mechanical oscillators these have primarily been rea…

quant-ph2014★ 256 cited

Quantum harmonic oscillator state synthesis by reservoir engineering

D. Kienzler, H. -Y. Lo, B. Keitch +6

The robust generation of quantum states in the presence of decoherence is a primary challenge for explorations of quantum mechanics at larger scales. Using the mechanical motion of…