TY - JOUR
T1 - Vibrational decoherence in ion trap quantum computers
AU - Garg, Anupam
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - The ion trap quantum computer proposed by CIRAC and ZOLLER [Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 4091 (1995)] is analyzed for decoherence due to vibrations of the ions. An adiabatic approximation exploiting the vast difference between the frequencies of the optical intraionic transition and the vibrational modes is used to find the decoherence time at any temperature T. The scaling of this decoherence time with the number of ions is discussed, and compared with that due to spontaneous emission.
AB - The ion trap quantum computer proposed by CIRAC and ZOLLER [Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 4091 (1995)] is analyzed for decoherence due to vibrations of the ions. An adiabatic approximation exploiting the vast difference between the frequencies of the optical intraionic transition and the vibrational modes is used to find the decoherence time at any temperature T. The scaling of this decoherence time with the number of ions is discussed, and compared with that due to spontaneous emission.
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U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3978(199811)46:6/8<749::AID-PROP749>3.0.CO;2-I
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3978(199811)46:6/8<749::AID-PROP749>3.0.CO;2-I
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032346393
SN - 0015-8208
VL - 46
SP - 749
EP - 757
JO - Fortschritte der Physik
JF - Fortschritte der Physik
IS - 6-8
ER -