$^{133}$Ba$^+$ has been identified as an attractive ion for quantum information processing due to the unique combination of its spin-1/2 nucleus, visible wavelength electronic transitions, and long D-state lifetimes ($\tau\sim $1~min). Using a microgram source of radioactive material, we trap and laser-cool the synthetic \textit{A} = 133 radioisotope of barium II ($\tau_{1/2} \approx 10.5$~yr) in a radio-frequency ion trap. To demonstrate high fidelity qubit operations, a number of unknown state energies were needed. We measure the isotope shift and hyperfine structure of the 6$^2$P$_{1/2}\leftrightarrow 5^2$D$_{3/2}$ electronic transition needed for laser cooling, state preparation, and state detection of the clock-state hyperfine and opt...
Laser cooling and trapping of heavy alkaline-earth element barium have been demonstrated for the fir...
Quantum information has typically focused on using 2-level qubits to perform simulation and computat...
The $^{171}$Yb$^+$ ion has seen wide scale adoption as a trapped ion qubit across the globe for use ...
$^{133}$Ba$^+$ has been identified as an attractive ion for quantum information processing due to th...
^{133}Ba^{+} has been identified as an attractive ion for quantum information processing due to the ...
AbstractThe recently demonstrated trapping and laser cooling of 133Ba+ has opened the door to the us...
We present a method for achieving high fidelity state preparation and measurement (SPAM) using trapp...
This thesis is written as a part of the TRImP programme. Rare and short-lived radioactive isotopes o...
Spectroscopy on trapped ions enables sensitive searches for indications of New Physics beyond the pr...
The lifetime of the long-lived 5d(2)D(5/2) level in Ba-138(+) ions was measured in trapped single io...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2014Single trapped ions are ideal systems in which to test...
The lifetime of the long-lived 5d(2)D(5/2) level in Ba-138(+) ions was measured in trapped single io...
We report the first direct measurement of isotope shifts of the barium 6s$^2$ $^1$S$_0$ - 5d6p $^3$D...
Laser cooling and trapping of heavy alkaline-earth element barium have been demonstrated for the fir...
Quantum information has typically focused on using 2-level qubits to perform simulation and computat...
The $^{171}$Yb$^+$ ion has seen wide scale adoption as a trapped ion qubit across the globe for use ...
$^{133}$Ba$^+$ has been identified as an attractive ion for quantum information processing due to th...
^{133}Ba^{+} has been identified as an attractive ion for quantum information processing due to the ...
AbstractThe recently demonstrated trapping and laser cooling of 133Ba+ has opened the door to the us...
We present a method for achieving high fidelity state preparation and measurement (SPAM) using trapp...
This thesis is written as a part of the TRImP programme. Rare and short-lived radioactive isotopes o...
Spectroscopy on trapped ions enables sensitive searches for indications of New Physics beyond the pr...
The lifetime of the long-lived 5d(2)D(5/2) level in Ba-138(+) ions was measured in trapped single io...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2014Single trapped ions are ideal systems in which to test...
The lifetime of the long-lived 5d(2)D(5/2) level in Ba-138(+) ions was measured in trapped single io...
We report the first direct measurement of isotope shifts of the barium 6s$^2$ $^1$S$_0$ - 5d6p $^3$D...
Laser cooling and trapping of heavy alkaline-earth element barium have been demonstrated for the fir...
Quantum information has typically focused on using 2-level qubits to perform simulation and computat...
The $^{171}$Yb$^+$ ion has seen wide scale adoption as a trapped ion qubit across the globe for use ...