Ph.D. Thesis - Physics
Ph.D. Thesis - Physics
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Figure 5-16: Simulated J-coupling rates in lattice and linear ion traps as a function of<br />
ion-ion distance d. The maximum value of d given here, 100 µm, is the point at which<br />
the Lamb-Dicke parameter is approximately 0.1. The J values for lattice and linear traps<br />
intersect at higher d values, when the ion is no longer in the Lamb-Dicke regime.<br />
values obtained in the lattice trap are much weaker than a comparable linear trap within<br />
the Lamb-Dicke regime. While some gains might be made from using the stronger field<br />
gradients of a standing wave configuration for the “pushing” laser, it is clear that the<br />
scaling of ω with 1/d is a discouraging feature of lattice traps.<br />
These scaling laws for ωex and J hold regardless of how a given lattice geometry has<br />
been “optimized,” whether for trap depth, low motional frequencies, or even ωex at some<br />
length scale. This point bears emphasizing, since recent reports [SWL09] have detailed<br />
methods of designing array trap electrodes such that the trap curvature is maximized at<br />
each site for a given set of experimental parameters. While this approach is interesting and<br />
potentially useful for some applications, it is not clear how the above scaling behavior could<br />
be circumvented.<br />
5.6.3 Trap depth<br />
An interesting and still unanswered question is whether it is possible to modify the lattice<br />
trap design to allow for low motional frequencies even at small ion-ion spacings, with an<br />
adequate trap depth. One simple idea would be to decrease the drive voltage V (and<br />
consequently the trap depth) once the trap is loaded with ions and they have been laser-<br />
cooled to a temperature much lower than the trap depth. However, the trap depth in this<br />
case would be extremely low. To understand why this is the case, consider the following<br />
argument. Suppose that one wishes to keep ω constant a the trap scale changes. From the<br />
above formulas, we see that the trap depth is proportional to V 2 /Ω 2 , and also to qV , where<br />
q ∝ V/(r 2 0 Ω2 ). We arrive at the following relation for ω:<br />
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