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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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