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arXiv:2411.04765

Study of decoherence in radial local phonon hopping within trapped-ion string

Yuxuan Chen, Yuri, Takumi, Kenji Toyoda

Published Nov 7, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

We systematically investigate local phonon hopping in the radial direction of a linear trapped-ion string. We measure the decay of hopping as a function of key trap parameters and analyze the results in terms of the decay time and the number of oscillations. We attribute the loss of coherence to nonlinear coupling between different modes. Despite quantitative differences, the overall trends in our numerical simulations are similar to those of the experimental results. This work establishes a method for evaluating phonon hopping coherence and provides insight into the underlying decoherence mechanisms.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2411.04765

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