Low-Excitation Vertical Ion Shuttling in Scalable Multi-Rail Ion Trap Architectures
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| author | Iqbal, Qirat Nizamani, Altaf H. |
| author_facet | Iqbal, Qirat Nizamani, Altaf H. |
| contents | We investigate optimized vertical ion-shuttling protocols for trapped-ion applications across a range of ion-trap experiments, including three-dimensional gradient-measurement sensors, on-chip ion fluorescence collection and imaging, improved laser accessibility, and quantum information processing. In this work, we focus on minimizing motional energy gain during ion transport. Our findings indicate that anomalous heating becomes the dominant limiting factor only for shuttling durations exceeding \SI{500}{\micro\second}, whereas the final motional excitation is strongly dependent on the selected shuttling protocol. Using a recently measured heating rate of $(3.1 \pm 0.35)$ quanta\,ms$^{-1}$ at an ion--surface separation of $134 \pm 1.5\,\si{\micro\meter}$, we demonstrate that the motional excitation can be restricted to fewer than eight quanta when the ion is vertically displaced to \SI{86}{\micro\meter} from its initial position at \SI{134}{\micro\meter} within \SI{500}{\micro\second}. These results establish the feasibility of near-adiabatic vertical ion shuttling compatible with the operational requirements of high-fidelity quantum sensing and scalable quantum information processing applications. |
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| spellingShingle | Low-Excitation Vertical Ion Shuttling in Scalable Multi-Rail Ion Trap Architectures Iqbal, Qirat Nizamani, Altaf H. Quantum Physics We investigate optimized vertical ion-shuttling protocols for trapped-ion applications across a range of ion-trap experiments, including three-dimensional gradient-measurement sensors, on-chip ion fluorescence collection and imaging, improved laser accessibility, and quantum information processing. In this work, we focus on minimizing motional energy gain during ion transport. Our findings indicate that anomalous heating becomes the dominant limiting factor only for shuttling durations exceeding \SI{500}{\micro\second}, whereas the final motional excitation is strongly dependent on the selected shuttling protocol. Using a recently measured heating rate of $(3.1 \pm 0.35)$ quanta\,ms$^{-1}$ at an ion--surface separation of $134 \pm 1.5\,\si{\micro\meter}$, we demonstrate that the motional excitation can be restricted to fewer than eight quanta when the ion is vertically displaced to \SI{86}{\micro\meter} from its initial position at \SI{134}{\micro\meter} within \SI{500}{\micro\second}. These results establish the feasibility of near-adiabatic vertical ion shuttling compatible with the operational requirements of high-fidelity quantum sensing and scalable quantum information processing applications. |
| title | Low-Excitation Vertical Ion Shuttling in Scalable Multi-Rail Ion Trap Architectures |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.21350 |