This thesis describes experimental work in the field of trapped-ion quantum computation. It outlines the theory of Raman interactions, examines the various sources of error in two-qubit gates, and describes in detail experimental explorations of the sources of infidelity in implementations of single- and two-qubit gates. Lastly, it presents an experimental demonstration of a mixed-species entangling gate.
Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the University of Oxford, UK Provides a comprehensive study of the errors in a trapped-ion two-qubit gate Demonstrates a mixed-species entangling gate
Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the University of Oxford, UK Provides a comprehensive study of the errors in a trapped-ion two-qubit gate Demonstrates a mixed-species entangling gate Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Christopher J. Ballance
Trapped-Ion Quantum Computing Two-Qubit Phase Gate Entangling Gate High Fidelity Quantum Information Processing Quantum Error Correction Mixed-species Gate Mechanism Calcium Ion Qubit