Parity-relevant Zitterbewegung and quantum simulation by a single trapped ion

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2010-11-25

arxiv.org/abs/1011.5614v2

Phy. Rev. A 82 (2010) 064501-1

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.82.064501

Zitterbewegung (ZB), the trembling of free relativistic electrons in a vacuum could be simulated by a single trapped ion. We focus on the variations of ZB under different parity conditions and find no ZB in the case of odd or even parity. ZB occurs only for admixture of the odd and even parity states. We also show the similar role played by the parity operator for the trapped ion in Fock-state representation and the space inversion operator for a realistic relativistic electron. Although the ZB effect is invisible in a relativistic electron, preparation of the trapped ion in different parity states is a sophisticated job, which makes it possible to observe the parity relevant ZB effects with currently available techniques.

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