arXiv · 1907.12716
Balanced Coherence Times of Mixed-Species Atomic Qubits in a Dual $3\times3$ Magic-Intensity Optical Dipole Trap Array
Abstract
In this work, we construct a polarization-mediated magic-intensity (MI) optical dipole trap (ODT) array, in which the detrimental effects of light shifts on the mixed-species qubits are efficiently mitigated so that the coherence times of the mixed-species qubits are both substantially enhanced and balanced for the first time. This mixed-species magic trapping technique relies on the tunability of the coefficient of the third-order cross term and ground state hyperpolarizability, which are inherently dependent on the degree of circular polarization of the trap laser. Experimentally, polarization of the ODT array for $^{85}$Rb qubits is finely adjusted to a definite value so that its working magnetic field required for magic trapping amounts to the one required for magically trapping $^{87}$Rb qubits in another ODT array with fully circular polarization. Ultimately, in such a polarization-mediated MI-ODT array, the coherence times of $^{87}$Rb and $^{85}$Rb qubits are respectively enhanced up to 891$\pm$47 ms and 943$\pm$35 ms. Furthermore, a new source of dephasing effect is revealed, which arises from the noise of the elliptic polarization, and the reduction in corresponding dephasing effect on the $^{85}$Rb qubits is attainable by use of shallow magic intensity. It is anticipated that the novel mixed-species MI-ODT array is a versatile platform for building scalable quantum computers with neutral atoms.
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Ruijun Guo, Xiaodong He, Cheng Sheng, Jiaheng Yang, Peng Xu, Kunpeng Wang, Jiaqi Zhong, Min Liu, Jin Wang, Mingsheng Zhan. 2019-07-30. Balanced Coherence Times of Mixed-Species Atomic Qubits in a Dual $3\times3$ Magic-Intensity Optical Dipole Trap Array. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.124.153201
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