arXiv:quant-ph/0108117 · Physical Review A
Generation of arbitrary two-dimensional motional states of a trapped ion
Xu‐Bo Zou, K. Pahlke, Wolfgang M. Mathis
Abstract
We present a scheme to generate an arbitrary two-dimensional quantum state of motion of a trapped ion. This proposal is based on a sequence of laser pulses, which are tuned appropriately to control transitions on the sidebands of two modes of vibration. Not more than $(M+1)(N+1)$ laser pulses are needed to generate a pure state with a phonon number limit M and N.