Decoherence of motional states of trapped ions

Authors
Myatt, CJ King, BE Turchette, QA Sackett, CA Kielpinski, D Itano, WM Monroe, C Wineland, DJ
Citation
Cj. Myatt et al., Decoherence of motional states of trapped ions, J MOD OPT, 47(12), 2000, pp. 2181-2186
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS
ISSN journal
09500340 → ACNP
Volume
47
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2181 - 2186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-0340(200010)47:12<2181:DOMSOT>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We have studied the decoherence of motional-state superpositions of single trapped ions caused by their coupling to fluctuating fields. We illustrate these studies by showing how Schroedinger-cat state superpositions decohere in the presence of purposely-applied uniform stochastic electric fields an d we compare these results to the decoherence caused by ambient fields in t he experiments.