Coherent Control of the Fine-Structure Qubit in a Single Alkaline-Earth Atom
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| author | Unnikrishnan, Govind Ilzhöfer, Philipp Scholz, Achim Hölzl, Christian Götzelmann, Aaron Gupta, Ratnesh Kumar Zhao, Jiachen Krauter, Jennifer Weber, Sebastian Makki, Nastasia Büchler, Hans Peter Pfau, Tilman Meinert, Florian |
| author_facet | Unnikrishnan, Govind Ilzhöfer, Philipp Scholz, Achim Hölzl, Christian Götzelmann, Aaron Gupta, Ratnesh Kumar Zhao, Jiachen Krauter, Jennifer Weber, Sebastian Makki, Nastasia Büchler, Hans Peter Pfau, Tilman Meinert, Florian |
| contents | We report on the first realization of a novel neutral atom qubit encoded in the metastable fine-structure states ${^3\rm{P}_0}$ and ${^3\rm{P}_2}$ of single $^{88}$Sr atoms trapped in an optical tweezer. Raman coupling of the qubit states promises rapid single-qubit rotations on par with the fast Rydberg-mediated two-body gates. We demonstrate preparation, read-out, and coherent control of the qubit. In addition to driving Rabi oscillations bridging an energy gap of more than 17 THz using a pair of phase-locked clock lasers, we also carry out Ramsey spectroscopy to extract the transverse qubit coherence time $T_2$. When the tweezer is tuned into magic trapping conditions, which is achieved in our setup by tuning the tensor polarizability of the ${^3\rm{P}_2}$ state via an external control magnetic field, we measure $T_2 = 1.2$ ms. A microscopic quantum mechanical model is used to simulate our experiments including dominant noise sources. We identify the main constraints limiting the observed coherence time and project improvements to our system in the immediate future. Our work opens the door for a so far unexplored qubit encoding concept for neutral atom based quantum computing. |
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| spellingShingle | Coherent Control of the Fine-Structure Qubit in a Single Alkaline-Earth Atom Unnikrishnan, Govind Ilzhöfer, Philipp Scholz, Achim Hölzl, Christian Götzelmann, Aaron Gupta, Ratnesh Kumar Zhao, Jiachen Krauter, Jennifer Weber, Sebastian Makki, Nastasia Büchler, Hans Peter Pfau, Tilman Meinert, Florian Quantum Physics Quantum Gases Atomic Physics We report on the first realization of a novel neutral atom qubit encoded in the metastable fine-structure states ${^3\rm{P}_0}$ and ${^3\rm{P}_2}$ of single $^{88}$Sr atoms trapped in an optical tweezer. Raman coupling of the qubit states promises rapid single-qubit rotations on par with the fast Rydberg-mediated two-body gates. We demonstrate preparation, read-out, and coherent control of the qubit. In addition to driving Rabi oscillations bridging an energy gap of more than 17 THz using a pair of phase-locked clock lasers, we also carry out Ramsey spectroscopy to extract the transverse qubit coherence time $T_2$. When the tweezer is tuned into magic trapping conditions, which is achieved in our setup by tuning the tensor polarizability of the ${^3\rm{P}_2}$ state via an external control magnetic field, we measure $T_2 = 1.2$ ms. A microscopic quantum mechanical model is used to simulate our experiments including dominant noise sources. We identify the main constraints limiting the observed coherence time and project improvements to our system in the immediate future. Our work opens the door for a so far unexplored qubit encoding concept for neutral atom based quantum computing. |
| title | Coherent Control of the Fine-Structure Qubit in a Single Alkaline-Earth Atom |
| topic | Quantum Physics Quantum Gases Atomic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.10679 |