Ablation Removal of Transport-Blocking Defects in Surface-Electrode Ion Traps
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| author | Maddock, Toby Rahimi, Parsa Aylett, Matthew Barcan, Rares Weidt, Sebastian Hensinger, Winfried Karl |
| author_facet | Maddock, Toby Rahimi, Parsa Aylett, Matthew Barcan, Rares Weidt, Sebastian Hensinger, Winfried Karl |
| contents | We demonstrate in situ removal of a transport-blocking defect on a surface-electrode ion trap device using a Q-switched Nd:YAG 532 nm pulsed ablation laser. This approach eliminates the need to vent and rebake the vacuum system, providing a low-overhead defect-remediation technique well suited for ion-shuttling architectures where system modifications typically incur substantial downtime - particularly in shuttling focussed experiments operating at temperatures that necessitate bakes. Additionally, the hardware used is readily available in many ion trap laboratories, making this solution attractive to experiments operating in such regimes. Following ablation, we observe near-unity shuttling success rates across the previously obstructed region and measure micromotion levels that remain within acceptable limits. This technique enables rapid, reliable restoration of transport pathways without interruption to experimental operation. |
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| spellingShingle | Ablation Removal of Transport-Blocking Defects in Surface-Electrode Ion Traps Maddock, Toby Rahimi, Parsa Aylett, Matthew Barcan, Rares Weidt, Sebastian Hensinger, Winfried Karl Quantum Physics We demonstrate in situ removal of a transport-blocking defect on a surface-electrode ion trap device using a Q-switched Nd:YAG 532 nm pulsed ablation laser. This approach eliminates the need to vent and rebake the vacuum system, providing a low-overhead defect-remediation technique well suited for ion-shuttling architectures where system modifications typically incur substantial downtime - particularly in shuttling focussed experiments operating at temperatures that necessitate bakes. Additionally, the hardware used is readily available in many ion trap laboratories, making this solution attractive to experiments operating in such regimes. Following ablation, we observe near-unity shuttling success rates across the previously obstructed region and measure micromotion levels that remain within acceptable limits. This technique enables rapid, reliable restoration of transport pathways without interruption to experimental operation. |
| title | Ablation Removal of Transport-Blocking Defects in Surface-Electrode Ion Traps |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.06312 |