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Integrating Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Photonics and Surface-Electrode Ion Traps

Thomas J. Kessler, Simon Gorbaty, Lingfei Zhao, Joseph M. Ryan, Crystal Noel

Published Jan 1, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

Integrated photonics offers trapped-ion experiments scalable performance ad-vantages and opportunities for monolithic optical control. We present plans for adding thin-film lithium niobate to the trapped-ion photonics toolkit, enabling on-chip modulator inte-gration.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2024.jw2a.91

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