Measurement-based ground-state cooling of a trapped-ion oscillator

被引:2
作者
Lee, Chungsun [1 ]
Webster, Simon C. [1 ]
Toba, Jacopo Mosca [1 ]
Corfield, Ollie [1 ]
Porter, George [1 ]
Thompson, Richard C. [1 ]
机构
[1] Imperial Coll London, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2AZ, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
QUANTUM; MANIPULATION;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.107.033107
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Measurement-based cooling is a method by which a quantum system, initially in a thermal state, can be prepared probabilistically in its ground state through some sort of measurement. This is done by making a measurement that heralds the system being in the desired state. Here we demonstrate the application of a measurement-based cooling technique to a trapped atomic ion. The ion is precooled by Doppler laser cooling to a thermal state with a mean excitation of n approximate to 18 and the measurement-based cooling technique selects those occasions when the ion happens to be in the motional ground state. The fidelity of the heralding process is greater than 95%. This technique could be applied to other systems that are not as amenable to laser cooling as trapped ions.
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