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arXiv:quant-ph/0508159 · Journal of Modern Optics

Robust state preparation of a single trapped ion by adiabatic passage

C. Wunderlich, Th. Hannemann, T. Körber, Hartmut Häffner, Christian F. Roos, W. Hänsel, R. Blatt, Ferdinand Schmidt‐Kaler

Published Aug 21, 2006• 71 citations
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Abstract

We report adiabatic passage experiments with a single trapped ion. By applying a frequency-chirped laser pulse with a Gaussian amplitude envelope, we reach a transfer efficiency of 0.99(1) on an optical transition from the electronic ground state S1/2 to the metastable state D5/2. This transfer method is shown to be insensitive to the accurate setting of laser parameters, and therefore is suitable as a robust tool for ion-based quantum computing.

DOI
10.1080/09500340600741082

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