Integrated photonics for trapped ion quantum information experiments at Sandia National Laboratories.

Daniel Stick

Richard P. Muller

Craig Robert Clark, Peter Maunz, Susan Clark

Susan Clark

Hayden McGuinness, Michael R. Gehl, Craig Hogle +11 more

As trapped ion systems add more ions to allow for increasingly sophisticated quantum processing and sensing capabilities, the traditional optical-mechanical laboratory infrastructure that make such systems possible are in some cases the limiting factor in further growth of the systems. One promising solution is to integrate as many, if not all, optical components such as waveguides and gratings, single-photon detectors, and high extinction ratio optical switches/modulators either into ion traps themselves or into auxiliary devices that can be easily integrated with ion traps. Here we report on recent efforts at Sandia National Laboratories to include integrated photonics in our surface ion trap platforms.

Hayden McGuinness

text will be published prior to the meeting in the online (SPIE.org)version of the conference program.A link to it will appear below your paper title and author listing.Character Count: 0 | 5 As quantum systems become more complex factors such as device footprint, mechanical/thermal stability, and power consumption become increasingly important, and can even be driving determiners of system performance.I'll give an overview of some of our work on integrated photonics for neutral atom and trapped ion systems at Sandia National Laboratories.Key elements of these systems include integrated waveguides for light delivery, single-photon detectors for fluorescent detection, and microfabricated piezo-optomechanical modulators for fast and high extinction switching of delivered light.