Magnetism in SQUIDs at millikelvin temperatures

We have characterized the temperature dependence of the flux threading dc SQUIDs cooled to millikelvin temperatures. The flux increases as 1/T as temperature is lowered; moreover, the flux change is proportional to the density of trapped vortices. The data are compatible with the thermal polarization of surface spins in the trapped fields of the vortices. In the absence of trapped flux, we observe evidence of spin-glass freezing at low temperature. These results suggest an explanation for the universal 1/f flux noise in SQUIDs and superconducting qubits.     

Measuring energy differences by BEC interferometry on a chip

We investigate the use of a Bose-Einstein condensate trapped on an atom chip for making interferometric measurements of small energy differences. We measure and explain the noise in the energy difference of the split condensates, which derives from statistical noise in the number difference. We also consider systematic errors. A leading effect is the variation of the rf magnetic field in the trap with distance from the wires on the chip surface. This can produce energy differences that are comparable with those due to gravity.     

Atomic parity violation in a single trapped radium ion

Atomic parity violation (APV) experiments are sensitive probes of the electroweak interaction at low energy. These experiments are competitive with and complementary to high-energy collider experiments. The APV signal is strongly enhanced in heavy atoms and it is measurable by exciting suppressed (M1, E2) transitions. The status of APV experiments and theory are reviewed as well as the prospects of an APV experiment using one single trapped Ra^?+? ion. The predicted enhancement factor of the APV effect in Ra^?+? is about 50 times larger than in Cs atoms. However, certain spectroscopic information on Ra^?+? needed to constrain the required atomic many-body theory, was lacking. Using the AGOR cyclotron and the TRI??P facility at KVI in Groningen, short-lived ^212???214Ra^?+? ions were produced and trapped. First ever excited-state laser spectroscopy was performed on the trapped ions. These measurements provide a benchmark for the atomic theory required to extract the electroweak mixing angle to sub-1% accuracy and are an important step towards an APV experiment in a single trapped Ra^?+? ion.     

rf Spectroscopy with a single Ba+ ion

We have employed the method of shelving to measure Zeeman resonances of a single trapped Ba+ ion. We use optical pumping to place the ion in a selected magnetic sublevel of either the 6S(1/2) ground state or the 5D(3/2) metastable state. The ion is exposed to an rf field, and a probing/shelving mechanism detects whether spin-flip transitions have taken place. We have observed rf transitions with linewidths of 15 Hz, limited by magnetic-field noise. We have also observed the shift in the Zeeman frequency when the ion is illuminated by off-resonant light. A simultaneous measurement of such light shifts in two atomic states of Ba+ will permit a precise determination of the ratio of transition matrix elements.     

Thermoemission of Eu ions and its fluctuations

The surface ionization of europium on tungsten has been studied using a single filament ion source in a 90° magnetic mass spectrometer. The influence of temperature on the ion current was measured between 1100 and 2800 K. Additionally, the ion current noises arising from the fluctuations of the work function as a result of random fluctuations of the adsorbate density on the ion emitter surface has been investigated. The spectral density functions and their temperature dependence are discussed in terms of the surface diffusion noise model at adsorption-desorption equilibrium. The density probability function seems to be Gaussian and its skewness Sk and kurtosis Ex were: Sk 0, Ex 3.     

Relevance of sub-surface chip layers for the lifetime of magnetically trapped atoms

We investigate the lifetime of magnetically trapped atoms above a planar, layered atom chip structure. Numerical calculations of the thermal magnetic noise spectrum are performed, based on the exact magnetic Green function and multi layer reflection coefficients. We have performed lifetime measurements where the center of a side guide trap is laterally shifted with respect to the current carrying wire using additional bias fields. Comparing the experiment to theory, we find a fair agreement and demonstrate that for a chip whose topmost layer is metallic, the magnetic noise depends essentially on the thickness of that layer, as long as the layers below have a much smaller conductivity; essentially the same magnetic noise would be obtained with a metallic membrane suspended in vacuum. Based on our theory we give general scaling laws of how to reduce the effect of surface magnetic noise on the trapped atoms.     

Microfabricated surface ion trap on a high-finesse optical mirror

A novel approach to optics integration in ion traps is demonstrated based on a surface electrode ion trap that is microfabricated on top of a dielectric mirror. Additional optical losses due to fabrication are found to be as low as 80 ppm for light at 422 nm. The integrated mirror is used to demonstrate light collection from, and imaging of, a single Sr88(+) ion trapped 169±4 μm above the mirror.     

Si基Si3N4/SiO2双层膜驻极体的电荷储存与输运

利用等温表面电位衰减及热刺激放电(thermally stimulated discharge,TSD)方法探讨了恒栅压电晕充电经常压化学气相沉积(APCVD)的Si基Si3N4和热生长SiO₂双层薄膜驻极体电荷的存储特性.结果表明:在常温环境中,300℃高温下,以及95%相对湿度时的60℃条件下,所有试样表现出极好的电荷储存稳定性.对于负电晕充电试样,其电荷输运受慢再捕获效应(slow retrapping effect)控制;用热离子发射模型来描述了正电晕充电Si₃N₄/SiO₂驻极体的正电荷输运特性. 关键词： 驻极体 薄膜 电荷储存 热离子发射     

测量离子束横向截面的闪烁体屏的热分析

针对基于闪烁屏-CCD(电荷耦合元件)相机的氘离子束横向强度分布测量系统,利用ANSYS软件模拟计算了在直流及脉冲模式下,能量100 keV、束斑直径3 mm氘离子轰击造成的Al₂O₃, SiO₂以及锗酸铋(BGO)三种候选闪烁体材料的表面温度变化。结果表明,在30 μA的直流氘离子束轰击下,闪烁体表面温度随辐照时间急剧地升高。持续时间10 min的氘离子束轰击将使三种材料前表面的温度分别升高131,234和649 ℃。对于峰值流强30 μA、重复频率1 Hz、脉宽5 μs的重复频率脉冲氘离子束,每个脉冲引起的三种闪烁屏表面的温度升高均小于0.05 ℃,且长时间的离子辐照基本不会造成闪烁屏的表面温度有明显的升高。对于脉宽5 μs的单脉冲氘离子束,三种材料的表面温度均随离子流强近似呈线性地增加。在单脉冲模式下,Al₂O₃,SiO₂以及BGO闪烁屏能允许的最高离子流强分别为2.32,1.08和0.72 A,超过此流强其表面温度将达到熔点。     

Molecular orientation entanglement and temporal Bell-type inequalities

We make a detailed study of Bell-type inequalities based on correlations between measurements of continuous observables performed on trapped molecular systems. We show that, in general, when an observable has a continuous spectrum which is bounded, one is able to construct non-locality tests sharing common properties with those for two-level systems. The specific observable studied here is molecular spatial orientation, and it can be experimentally measured for single molecules, as required in our protocol. We also provide some useful general properties of the derived inequalities and study their robustness to noise. Finally, we detail possible experimental scenarios and analyse the role played by different experimental parameters.     

Observations of ion-beam formation in a current-free double layer

With nonperturbative laser-induced fluorescence measurements of ion flow, we confirm numerical simulations of spontaneous electric double-layer (DL) formation in a current-free expanding plasma. Measurements in two different experiments confirm that the DL is localized to the region of rapidly diverging magnetic field. The measurements indicate that the trapped ion population is a single Maxwellian, that the spatial gradient of the energy of ions accelerated through the DL matches the magnetic field gradient, and that DL formation is triggered when the ion-neutral collisional mean-free path exceeds the magnetic field gradient scale length.     

Impact of the Casimir-Polder potential and Johnson noise on Bose-Einstein condensate stability near surfaces

We investigate the stability of magnetically trapped atomic Bose-Einstein condensates and thermal clouds near the transition temperature at small distances 0.5 microm< or =d< or =10 microm from a microfabricated silicon chip. For a 2 microm thick copper film, the trap lifetime is limited by Johnson noise induced currents and falls below 1 s at a distance of 4 microm. A dielectric surface does not adversely affect the sample until the attractive Casimir-Polder potential significantly reduces the trap depth.     

Precision measurements and computations of transition energies in rotationally cold triatomic hydrogen ions up to the midvisible spectral range

First-principles computations and experimental measurements of transition energies are carried out for vibrational overtone lines of the triatomic hydrogen ion H(3)(+) corresponding to floppy vibrations high above the barrier to linearity. Action spectroscopy is improved to detect extremely weak visible-light spectral lines on cold trapped H(3)(+) ions. A highly accurate potential surface is obtained from variational calculations using explicitly correlated Gaussian wave function expansions. After nonadiabatic corrections, the floppy H(3)(+) vibrational spectrum is reproduced at the 0.1 cm(-1) level up to 16600 cm(-1).     

High-fidelity adaptive qubit detection through repetitive quantum nondemolition measurements

Using two trapped ion species ((27)Al(+) and (9)Be(+)) as primary and ancillary quantum systems, we implement qubit measurements based on the repetitive transfer of information and quantum nondemolition detection. The repetition provides a natural mechanism for an adaptive measurement strategy, which leads to exponentially lower error rates compared to using a fixed number of detection cycles. For a single qubit we demonstrate 99.94% measurement fidelity. We also demonstrate a technique for adaptively measuring multiple qubit states using a single ancilla, and apply the technique to spectroscopy of an optical clock transition.     

Telecloning Quantum States with Trapped Ions

We propose a scheme for telecloning quantum states with trapped ions. The scheme is based on a single ion interacting with a single laser pulse. In the protocol, an ion is firstly measured to determine whether the telecloning succeeds or not, and then another ion is detected to complete the whole procedure. The required experimental techniques are within the scope of what can be obtained in the ion-trap setup.     

Telecloning Quantum States with Trapped Ions

We propose a scheme for telecloning quantum states with trapped ions. The scheme is based on a single ion interacting with a single laser pulse. In the protocol, an ion is firstly measured to determine whether the telecloning succeeds or not, and then another ion is detected to complete the whole procedure. The required experimental techniques are within the scope of what can be obtained in the ion-trap setup.     

Pink noise of ionic conductance through single artificial nanopores revisited

We report voltage-clamp measurements through single conical nanopore obtained by chemical etching of a single ion track in polyimide film. Special attention is paid to the pink noise of the ionic current (i.e., 1/f noise) measured with different filling liquids. The relative pink-noise amplitude is almost independent of concentration and pH for KCl solutions, but varies strongly using ionic liquids. In particular, we show that depending on the ionic liquid, the transport of charge carriers is strongly facilitated (low noise and higher conductivity than in the bulk) or jammed. These results show that the origin of the pink noise can be ascribed neither to fluctuations of the pore geometry nor to the pore wall charges, but rather to a cooperative effect on ions motion in confined geometry.     

囚禁离子非线性J-C模型量子态保真度

用全量子理论研究驻波激光场与囚禁离子相互作用系统中量子态保真度,详细讨论离子质心在驻波激光场中位置及离子初始状态对保真度的影响.结果表明:随着囚禁离子从远离驻波激光场波节处向波节处移动,量子态保真度振荡频率越来越高,振荡幅度几乎不变,且保真度到达第一个极小值所用时间越来越短,但不会出现信息完全失真;随着囚禁离子处于基态概率增加,量子态保真度振荡频率几乎不变,振荡幅度越来越小,也不会出现信息完全失真;在信息储存或传递过程中,囚禁离子量子态失真比系统和驻波场量子态失真小.     

Quantum simulation of ‘zitterbewegung' in a single trapped ion under conditions of parity-keeping and parity-breaking

The motional trembling(‘zitterbewegung’)of a relativistic electron governed by Dirac equation was originally predicted by Schr¨odinger in the early days of quantum mechanics and simulated in a recent experiment with a single trapped ultracold ion.We investigate stable and instable confinements of a single trapped ion in a Paul trap under different conditions relevant to parity.Since our treatment involves neither restriction of Lamb-Dicke limit nor rotating-wave approximation,we may demonstrate different quantum dynamics of the single trapped ion in a wide range of the trapping parameters.We discuss the origin of the zitterbewegung which is relevant to the stability of the ion trapping.