Demonstration Of Rabi-Flops With Ytterbium 171 Trapped-Ion Qubits
Naleli Jubert Matjelo, Nancy Payne, Charles Rigby +1 more
This paper presents a proof-of-concept for manipulation of Ytterbium 171 trapped-ion qubits through the Rabiflops experiment.This serves as a partial report on an ongoing project aimed at developing a fully operational ion trapping and quantum feedback control laboratory at Stellenbosch University.Despite the bad vacuum conditions during the Rabi-flops experiment, we were able to manipulate the trapped Ytterbium 171 ion qubits with microwave pulses to give out a clear indication of Rabi oscillations.A high rate of ion loss led to the Rabi oscillations profile showing a decay feature within it.This decay feature was modeled and characterized, hence showing that we were losing ions at the rate defined by a time constant of 𝜏 = 4500 -1 seconds.
International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications•Jul 6, 2021•2 citations