TIPICQA - COST Action CA17113
Trapped Ions: Progress in Classical and Quantum Applications
The Project
In recent years, ion traps have developed from a topic of fundamental research into a versatile tool for a wide range of research topics and quantum technologies. With the ability to isolate the ions from their environment, atomic and molecular ions can now be studied in unparalleled detail.
Trapped ions are currently the most promising implementation of quantum information processing devices, where many essential building blocks have been developed in recent years. Moreover, magnetic field sensing with high sensitivity has been demonstrated and some of today’s best atomic clocks are based on atomic ions. These applications have the potential to revolutionise many aspects of our daily life. The aim of CA17113 is to enhance the current applications of trapped ions by supporting Europe-wide collaborations and knowledge exchange, and to allow these technologies to be taken a step further towards their commercialisation.
Project Details
Background
Ion trapping has many applications across science and technology. Along with steady progress in high precision mass spectrometry – well developed and widely…
Objectives
This COST Action will strengthen the leading role of Europe in the field of ion trap related science and technologies by organising a Europe-wide…
Scientific Programme
Main aims of the Action are to provide a platform to develop new tools, technologies, and ideas for classical and quantum technologies with trapped ions…
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And paper number 2. The superconducting nanowire single photon detector developed previously by @NIST , now has actual detection measurements with a real #TrappedIon. Impressive system detection efficiency of 48% with the trap running (readout f=99.91%).
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2008.00065.pdf
Last week, one of us was on holiday and missed two great #TrappedIon preprints. Without further ado,
Over 1 hour coherence time on a trapped ion, showing why they rock for #QuantumComputing! Nothing more to say, excellent work from the Kihwan Kim's group.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2008.00251.pdf
Throw your ion imaging system in the bin because now we've made your very trap electrodes just sense whether it's emitting photons or not like magic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.00065
