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    Generation of arbitrary two dimensional motional state of a trapped ion

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    We present a scheme to generate an arbitrary two-dimensional quantum state of motion of a trapped ion. This proposal is based on a sequence of laser pulses, which are tuned appropriately to control transitions on the sidebands of two modes of vibration. Not more than (M+1)(N+1)(M+1)(N+1) laser pulses are needed to generate a pure state with upper phonon number MM and NN in the xx and yy direction respectively.Comment: to appear in PR
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