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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 35: Poster 2
Q 35.54: Poster
Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 16:30–19:00, Poster.I+II
Towards quantum simulations in a triangular surface trap — •Miriam Bujak1,2, Manuel Mielenz1,2, Christian Schneider1,2, Magnus Albert1,2, and Tobias Schaetz1,2 — 1Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg — 2Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching
Ions confined in linear Paul traps have proven to be well suited for analogue quantum simulations. While in proof-of-principle experiments the adiabatic evolution of quantum magnets has been simulated with linear chains of two [1] and later with up to nine ions [2], scalability of ion based quantum simulators remains a major issue.
To overcome the limitations of one-dimensional linear Paul traps, novel two-dimensional surface traps for triangular arrays of ions have been proposed [3] and optimized [4]. While the ions will be stored in individual potential minima, the mutual distances should be small enough to provide a sufficient coupling strength for quantum simulation experiments in two dimensional lattices [5]. We will report on the current status of the experimental setup and will present first proposals for quantum simulations that could be envisioned [6].
[1] A. Friedenauer et al., Nature Phys. 4, 757-761 (2008)
[2] R. Islam et al., Nature Comm. 2, 377 (2011)
[3] T. Schaetz et al., J. Mod. Optic. 54, 16-17 (2007)
[4] R. Schmied et al., PRL 102, 233002 (2009)
[5] C. Schneider et al., arXiv:1106.2597v1, to be published in Rep. Prog. Phys.
[6] A. Bermudez et al., RL 107, 150501 (2011)