Ph.D. Thesis - Physics
Ph.D. Thesis - Physics
Ph.D. Thesis - Physics
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Figure 7-10: Calculation results for a simulated Ising model for two ion-qubits with a<br />
position-dependent force. Left: The time-averaged coupling Jav as a function of the relative<br />
force gradient as defined in the text. Without micromotion, J = 10 3 s −1 . Right: The<br />
average uncorrected error as a function of the relative force gradient. When using the<br />
correct average value Jav, the error drops by three orders of magnitude.<br />
The final problem we treat in this section is the calculation of the simulation error when<br />
the applied force F(t) is time-dependent. We use a linear variation in time of the force F,<br />
rising from 0 at t = 0 to F at the final time (t = 10/J). In this case, we evaluate the time-<br />
averaged force for both the Aµ = 0 and Aµ = 0.1 cases, and then multiply the Aµ = 0.1<br />
value by the ratio between the two. This is demonstrated numerically to dramatically<br />
reduce the error. Fig. 7-11 plots these results.<br />
Discussion<br />
For a number of important cases, it has been shown that the effect of micromotion is to<br />
systematically shift the J-coupling rate under which the internal states of two ions evolve.<br />
This is an interesting result, but it raises questions about how a simulation might actually<br />
be put into practice with a 2-D array of ions. There are two cases that will be relevant:<br />
“global” forces that impact each ion equally, and “local” forces which may be applied<br />
pairwise between ions.<br />
In the latter case, the effects of micromotion may be nulled by adjusting the state-<br />
dependent force according to the site in the array being addressed. Although this requires<br />
a substantial amount of control, there is no fundamental reason why it could not work. In<br />
the former case, one will find a “spread” of Jav values across the ion crystal. Although<br />
this will reduce the fidelity of the simulation, it may still be possible to observe interesting<br />
quantum phases.<br />
We would also like to note that there are important cases that have not been addressed in<br />
this work. We believe that the examples presented here, however, shed light on the cases that<br />
are still unaddressed. Three such cases are a “hard pulse,” in which F = 0 for some time,<br />
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