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Physica Scripta

Trapped-Ion Quantum Simulator

D. J. Wineland, Christopher R. Monroe, W. M. Itano, B. E. King, D. Leibfried, Christopher J. Myatt, C. S. Wood

Published Jan 1, 1998• 36 citations
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Abstract

Coherent manipulations involving the quantized motional and internal states of a single trapped ion can be used to simulate the dynamics of other systems. We consider some examples, including the action of a Mach Zehnder interferometer which uses entangled input states. Coherent manipulations can also be used to create entangled states of multiple trapped ions; such states can be used to demonstrate fundamental quantum correlations.

DOI
10.1238/physica.topical.076a00147

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