Suppressing phase decoherence of a single atom qubit with CPMG sequence

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that applying CPMG pulse sequences significantly suppresses phase decoherence in a single atom qubit, extending its coherence time and improving quantum information stability.

Contribution

The study experimentally shows the effectiveness of CPMG sequences in suppressing phase decoherence of a single atom qubit, achieving extended coherence times.

Findings

Homogeneous dephasing time extended to 304.5 ms with CPMG

Reversible inhomogeneous dephasing time is 1.4 ms

Spin relaxation time is 830.8 ms

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate the strong suppression of dephasing of a qubit stored in a single \textsuperscript{87}Rb atom in an optical dipole trap by using Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill(CPMG) pulse sequences. Regarded as a repetition of spin echo, CPMG sequence is an optimal choice for suppressing both inhomogeneous and homogeneous phase decoherence mechanisms. In the trap with 830 nm wavelength and 0.7 mK potential depth, the spin relaxation time of single atoms is showed to be 830.8 ms. We obtain the reversible inhomogeneous dephasing time of $T_{2}^{\ast}$=1.4 ms. The homogeneous dephasing time is $T_{2}^{\prime}$ =102.7 ms in the spin echo process, by employing CPMG sequence with pulse number n = 6 the homogeneous dephasing is further suppressed by a factor of 3, and its corresponding coherence time is extended to $T_{2}^{\prime}$=304.5 ms.