Quantum State Engineering on an Optical Transition and Decoherence in a Paul Trap
- 6 December 1999
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 83 (23) , 4713-4716
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.83.4713
Abstract
A single Ca+ ion in a Paul trap has been cooled to the ground state of vibration with up to 99.9% probability. Starting from this Fock state |n=0> we have demonstrated coherent quantum state manipulation on an optical transition. Up to 30 Rabi oscillations within 1.4 ms have been observed. We find a similar number of Rabi oscillations after preparation of the ion in the |n=1> Fock state. The coherence of optical state manipulation is only limited by laser and ambient magnetic field fluctuations. Motional heating has been measured to be as low as one vibrational quantum in 190 ms.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figureKeywords
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