High-Fidelity Transport of Trapped-Ion Qubits in a Multi-Layer Array

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates high-fidelity shuttling of single Mg+ ions within a 3D trap array with over 99.999% success rate, preserving qubit coherence, advancing scalable quantum computing architectures.

Contribution

It presents the first experimental realization of reliable ion shuttling in a multi-layer 3D trap array with coherence preservation, a key step for scalable quantum systems.

Findings

Success rate of ion shuttling exceeds 0.99999

Coherence of hyperfine qubits preserved during shuttling

Demonstrates potential for large-scale quantum architectures

Abstract

A variety of physical platforms are investigated for quantum control of many particles, and techniques are extended to access multiple dimensions. Here, we present our experimental study of shuttling single Mg$^+$ ions within a scalable trap-array architecture that contains up to thirteen trapping sites in a three-dimensional arrangement. We shuttle ions from a dedicated loading hub to multiple sites with a success rate of larger than $0.99999$. In a prototype application, we demonstrate the preservation of the coherence of superposition states of a hyperfine qubit during inter-site shuttling. Our findings highlight the potential of these techniques for use in future large-scale architectures.