Phononic bright and dark states: Investigating multi-mode light-matter interactions with a single trapped ion
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| author | Parke, Harry Thomm, Robin Santos, Alan C. Cidrim, André Higgins, Gerard Mallweger, Marion Kuk, Natalia Salim, Shalina Bachelard, Romain Villas-Boas, Celso J. Hennrich, Markus |
| author_facet | Parke, Harry Thomm, Robin Santos, Alan C. Cidrim, André Higgins, Gerard Mallweger, Marion Kuk, Natalia Salim, Shalina Bachelard, Romain Villas-Boas, Celso J. Hennrich, Markus |
| contents | Interference underpins some of the most practical and impactful properties of both the classical and quantum worlds. In this work we experimentally investigate a new formalism to describe interference effects, based on collective states which have enhanced or suppressed coupling to a two-level system. We employ a single trapped ion, whose electronic state is coupled to two of the ion's motional modes in order to simulate a multi-mode light-matter interaction. We observe the emergence of phononic bright and dark states for both a single phonon and a superposition of coherent states and demonstrate that a view of interference which is based solely on their decomposition in the collective basis is able to intuitively describe their coupling to a single atom. This work also marks the first time that multi-mode bright and dark states have been formed with the bounded motion of a single trapped ion and we highlight the potential of the methods discussed here for use in quantum information processing. |
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| spellingShingle | Phononic bright and dark states: Investigating multi-mode light-matter interactions with a single trapped ion Parke, Harry Thomm, Robin Santos, Alan C. Cidrim, André Higgins, Gerard Mallweger, Marion Kuk, Natalia Salim, Shalina Bachelard, Romain Villas-Boas, Celso J. Hennrich, Markus Quantum Physics Interference underpins some of the most practical and impactful properties of both the classical and quantum worlds. In this work we experimentally investigate a new formalism to describe interference effects, based on collective states which have enhanced or suppressed coupling to a two-level system. We employ a single trapped ion, whose electronic state is coupled to two of the ion's motional modes in order to simulate a multi-mode light-matter interaction. We observe the emergence of phononic bright and dark states for both a single phonon and a superposition of coherent states and demonstrate that a view of interference which is based solely on their decomposition in the collective basis is able to intuitively describe their coupling to a single atom. This work also marks the first time that multi-mode bright and dark states have been formed with the bounded motion of a single trapped ion and we highlight the potential of the methods discussed here for use in quantum information processing. |
| title | Phononic bright and dark states: Investigating multi-mode light-matter interactions with a single trapped ion |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07154 |