Trapped-Ion State Detection through Coherent Motion

Details Trapped-Ion State Detection through Coherent Motion Trapped-Ion State Detection through Coherent Motion

2011-08-30

arxiv.org/abs/1108.5922v3

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 243902 (2011)

Physics

Quantum Physics

5 pages, 3 figures. Replaced with published version

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.243902

We demonstrate a general method for state detection of trapped ions that can be applied to a large class of atomic and molecular species. We couple a "spectroscopy" ion (Al+) to a "control" ion (Mg+) in the same trap and perform state detection through off-resonant laser excitation of the spectroscopy ion that induces coherent motion. The motional amplitude, dependent on the spectroscopy ion state, is measured either by time-resolved photon counting, or by resolved sideband excitations on the control ion. The first method provides a simplified way to distinguish "clock" states in Al+, which avoids ground state cooling and sideband transitions. The second method reduces spontaneous emission and optical pumping on the spectroscopy ion, which we demonstrate by nondestructively distinguishing Zeeman sublevels in the 1S0 ground state of Al+.

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