43 research outputs found
Multi-scale Optics for Enhanced Light Collection from a Point Source
High efficiency collection of photons emitted by a point source over a wide
field-of-view (FoV) is crucial for many applications. Multi-scale optics over
improved light collection by utilizing small optical components placed close to
the optical source, while maintaining a wide FoV provided by conventional
imaging optics. In this work, we demonstrate collection efficiency of 26% of
photons emitted by a point-like source using a micromirror fabricated in
silicon with no significant decrease in collection efficiency over a 10 mm
object space.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Error Compensation of Single-Qubit Gates in a Surface Electrode Ion Trap Using Composite Pulses
The fidelity of laser-driven quantum logic operations on trapped ion qubits
tend to be lower than microwave-driven logic operations due to the difficulty
of stabilizing the driving fields at the ion location. Through stabilization of
the driving optical fields and use of composite pulse sequences, we demonstrate
high fidelity single-qubit gates for the hyperfine qubit of a
ion trapped in a microfabricated surface electrode ion
trap. Gate error is characterized using a randomized benchmarking protocol, and
an average error per randomized Clifford group gate of is
measured. We also report experimental realization of palindromic pulse
sequences that scale efficiently in sequence length
Efficient Collection of Single Photons Emitted from a Trapped Ion into a Single Mode Fiber for Scalable Quantum Information Processing
Interference and coincidence detection of two photons emitted by two remote
ions can lead to an entangled state which is a critical resource for scalable
quantum information processing. Currently, the success probabilities of
experimental realizations of this protocol are mainly limited by low coupling
efficiency of a photon emitted by an ion into a single mode fiber. Here, we
consider two strategies to enhance the collection probability of a photon
emitted from a trapped Yb ion, using analytic methods that can be easily
applied to other types of ion or neutral atoms. Our analysis shows that we can
achieve fiber coupling efficiency of over 30% with an optical cavity made of a
flat fiber tip and a spherical mirror. We also investigate ways to increase the
fiber coupling efficiency using high numerical aperture optics, and show that
collection probability of over 15% is possible with proper control of
aberration.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figure