Spontaneous Raman scattering from metastable states of Ba$^+$
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| author | Burke, Timothy J. Shi, Xiaoyang Sinanan-Singh, Jasmine Chuang, Isaac L. Chiaverini, John |
| author_facet | Burke, Timothy J. Shi, Xiaoyang Sinanan-Singh, Jasmine Chuang, Isaac L. Chiaverini, John |
| contents | Quantum logic gates performed via two-photon stimulated-Raman transitions in ions and atoms are fundamentally limited by spontaneous scattering errors. Recent theoretical treatment of these scattering processes has predicted no lower bound on the error rate of such gates when implemented with far-detuned lasers, while also providing an extension to metastable qubits. To validate this theoretical model, we provide experimental measurements of Raman scattering rates due to near-, and far-detuned lasers for initial states in the metastable D$_{5/2}$ level of $^{137}$Ba$^+$. The measured spontaneous Raman scattering rate is consistent with the theoretical prediction and suggests that metastable-level two-qubit gates with an error rate $\approx10^{-4}$ are possible with laser excitation detuned by tens of terahertz or more. |
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| spellingShingle | Spontaneous Raman scattering from metastable states of Ba$^+$ Burke, Timothy J. Shi, Xiaoyang Sinanan-Singh, Jasmine Chuang, Isaac L. Chiaverini, John Quantum Physics Atomic Physics Quantum logic gates performed via two-photon stimulated-Raman transitions in ions and atoms are fundamentally limited by spontaneous scattering errors. Recent theoretical treatment of these scattering processes has predicted no lower bound on the error rate of such gates when implemented with far-detuned lasers, while also providing an extension to metastable qubits. To validate this theoretical model, we provide experimental measurements of Raman scattering rates due to near-, and far-detuned lasers for initial states in the metastable D$_{5/2}$ level of $^{137}$Ba$^+$. The measured spontaneous Raman scattering rate is consistent with the theoretical prediction and suggests that metastable-level two-qubit gates with an error rate $\approx10^{-4}$ are possible with laser excitation detuned by tens of terahertz or more. |
| title | Spontaneous Raman scattering from metastable states of Ba$^+$ |
| topic | Quantum Physics Atomic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22466 |