Transparent ion trap with integrated photodetector

• Main Authors: Wang, Shannon X. (Contributor), Herskind, Peter F. (Contributor), Chuang, Isaac L. (Contributor), Eltony, Amira (Contributor), Akselrod, Gleb Markovitch (Contributor)
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor), MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2014-04-03T14:40:56Z.
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Fluorescence collection sets the efficiency of state detection and the rate of entanglement generation between remote trapped ion qubits. Despite efforts to improve light collection using various optical elements, solid angle capture is limited to ≈10% for implementations that are scalable to many ions. We present an approach based on fluorescence detection through a transparent trap using an integrated photodetector, combining collection efficiency approaching 50% with scalability. We microfabricate transparent surface traps with indium tin oxide and verify stable trapping of single ions. The fluorescence from a cloud of ions is detected using a photodiode sandwiched with a transparent trap.
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MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms