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Coherent Control of a Single Trapped Rydberg Ion.
Gerard Higgins, Fabian Pokorny, Chi Zhang, Q. Bodart, M. Hennrich·August 21, 2017·DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.220501
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Abstract
Trapped Rydberg ions are a promising novel approach to quantum computing and simulations. They are envisaged to combine the exquisite control of trapped ion qubits with the fast two-qubit Rydberg gates already demonstrated in neutral atom experiments. Coherent Rydberg excitation is a key requirement for these gates. Here, we carry out the first coherent Rydberg excitation of an ion and perform a single-qubit Rydberg gate, thus demonstrating basic elements of a trapped Rydberg ion quantum computer.