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Trapped Electrons in a linear Paul trap

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Abstract

Recent advancements in quantum computing have introduced trapped electrons as a potential qubit system. They have the potential of exhibiting long coherence times, akin to ions, but with the added advantage of faster gate operations. Furthermore, using electron spins as qubit states, state leakages are inherently eliminated due to the simplicity of the spins' two-level system. Being a novel system, challenges persist in trapping, controlling, and readout at both room and cryogenic temperatures. Here we report on our progress including successfully trapping electrons at room temperature in a linear Paul trap and we will give an update on our cryogenic system designed to read out the quantum state of a single electron.

Presenters

  • Zijue Luo

    University of California, Riverside

Authors

  • Zijue Luo

    University of California, Riverside

  • Jae Eu

    University of California, Riverside

  • Qian Yu

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Alberto M Alonso

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Neha Yadav

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Isabel Sacksteder

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Shuqi Xu

    UC Berkeley

  • Clemens Matthiesen

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Xiaoxing Xia

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories

  • Abhinav Parakh

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories

  • Juergen Biener

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories

  • Hartmut Haeffner

    University of California, Berkeley, University of California Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Boerge Hemmerling

    University of California, Riverside