Conveners
Quantum Simulation
- Marco Valentini (Universität Innsbruck)
Quantum simulation is an approach to investigate a complex quantum system of interest by mimicking it with another, well-controllable and measurable system. One of the platforms that suitable for the task is trapped ions, held either in the form of a lattice in a Penning trap or as a linear chain in a Paul trap. The former can trap many more ions, while the latter has the important advantage...
Trapped ion crystals offer a natural platform for quantum simulations. They provide advantageous conditions such as long coherence times and organization into lattice crystalline structures with fully connected interactions[1-2]. With this setup one can engineer spin-Hamiltonians whose interactions are mediated by the crystal’s phonon modes[3-6]. Our novel approach adds optical tweezers, i.e....
Interference underpins some of the most unusual and impactful properties of both the classical and quantum worlds, from macroscopic systems down to the level of single photons. In this work a new description of interference, based on the formation of collective bright and dark states, is investigated experimentally. We employ a single trapped ion, whose electronic states are coupled to two of...
