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List of Figures<br />

2-1 The CNOT gate in NMR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54<br />

2-2 The 2,3-dibromothiophene molecule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />

2-3 Results of the truncated harmonic oscillator experiment of Ref. [STH + 98]. . 60<br />

3-1 A schematic of a generic NMR system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70<br />

3-2 The NMR sample tube. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71<br />

3-3 The 11.7 T, 500 MHz superconducting magnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72<br />

3-4 A Nalorac HFX probe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />

3-5 The CHFBr2 molecule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />

3-6 Experimental spectra of the low-lying states of the BCS Hamiltonian. . . . 78<br />

4-1 A schematic of a ring Paul trap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85<br />

4-2 Level structure for ions with optical qubits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88<br />

4-3 Schematic of spin frustration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95<br />

4-4 A schematic of the effect of the state-dependent forces. . . . . . . . . . . . . 98<br />

5-1 Schematic of the lattice trap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />

5-2 Cross section of a ring trap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />

5-3 Pseudopotential of a single lattice site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109<br />

5-4 Vacuum chamber for atomic ion lattice experiments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111<br />

5-5 Atomic level structure for the 88 Sr + ion and the neutral Sr photoionization<br />

transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115<br />

5-6 Schematic of the optics setup for the lattice trap experiment. . . . . . . . . 116<br />

5-7 The lattice ion trap used for 88 Sr + experiments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117<br />

5-8 Images of 88 Sr + ions in the lattice trap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118<br />

5-9 Secular frequency measurements for 88 Sr + ions in the lattice trap. . . . . . 118<br />

5-10 Experimental setup for the macroion lattice experiment. . . . . . . . . . . . 119<br />

5-11 Trap apparatus for the macroion lattice experiment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120<br />

5-12 Images of macroions in the lattice trap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120<br />

5-13 Secular frequency measurements of a macroion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122<br />

5-14 Macroion repulsion data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122<br />

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