中国物理B ›› 2019, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (2): 23701-023701.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/28/2/023701

• SPECIAL TOPIC—Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and devices • 上一篇    下一篇

Comparison of single-neutral-atom qubit between in bright trap and in dark trap

Ya-Li Tian(田亚莉), Zhi-Hui Wang(王志辉), Peng-Fei Yang(杨鹏飞), Peng-Fei Zhang(张鹏飞), Gang Li(李刚), Tian-Cai Zhang(张天才)   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, and Institute of Opto-Electronics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China;
    2 Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
  • 收稿日期:2018-10-11 修回日期:2018-12-03 出版日期:2019-02-05 发布日期:2019-02-05
  • 通讯作者: Gang Li, Tian-Cai Zhang E-mail:gangli@sxu.edu.cn;tczhang@sxu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFA0304502) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11634008, 11674203, 11574187, and 61227902), and the Fund for Shanxi “1331 Project” Key Subjects Construction, Shanxi Province, China.

Comparison of single-neutral-atom qubit between in bright trap and in dark trap

Ya-Li Tian(田亚莉)1, Zhi-Hui Wang(王志辉)1, Peng-Fei Yang(杨鹏飞)1, Peng-Fei Zhang(张鹏飞)1,2, Gang Li(李刚)1,2, Tian-Cai Zhang(张天才)1,2   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, and Institute of Opto-Electronics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China;
    2 Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
  • Received:2018-10-11 Revised:2018-12-03 Online:2019-02-05 Published:2019-02-05
  • Contact: Gang Li, Tian-Cai Zhang E-mail:gangli@sxu.edu.cn;tczhang@sxu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFA0304502) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11634008, 11674203, 11574187, and 61227902), and the Fund for Shanxi “1331 Project” Key Subjects Construction, Shanxi Province, China.

摘要:

A single neutral atom is one of the most promising candidates to encode a quantum bit (qubit). In a real experiment, a single neutral atom is always confined in a micro-sized far off-resonant optical trap (FORT). There are generally two types of traps:red-detuned trap and blue-detuned trap. We experimentally compare the qubits encoded in “clock states” of single cesium atoms confined separately in either 1064-nm red-detuned (bright) trap or 780-nm blue-detuned (dark) trap:both traps have almost the same trap depth. A longer lifetime of 117 s and a longer coherence time of about 10 ms are achieved in the dark trap. This provides a direct proof of the superiority of the dark trap over the bright trap. The measures to further improve the coherence are discussed.

关键词: single qubit, laser trapping, coherence time

Abstract:

A single neutral atom is one of the most promising candidates to encode a quantum bit (qubit). In a real experiment, a single neutral atom is always confined in a micro-sized far off-resonant optical trap (FORT). There are generally two types of traps:red-detuned trap and blue-detuned trap. We experimentally compare the qubits encoded in “clock states” of single cesium atoms confined separately in either 1064-nm red-detuned (bright) trap or 780-nm blue-detuned (dark) trap:both traps have almost the same trap depth. A longer lifetime of 117 s and a longer coherence time of about 10 ms are achieved in the dark trap. This provides a direct proof of the superiority of the dark trap over the bright trap. The measures to further improve the coherence are discussed.

Key words: single qubit, laser trapping, coherence time

中图分类号:  (Atoms in optical lattices)

  • 37.10.Jk
32.70.Cs (Oscillator strengths, lifetimes, transition moments) 34.80.Pa (Coherence and correlation)