Experimental Entanglement of Four Particles
Abstract
Quantum mechanics allows for many-particle wavefunctions that cannot be factorized into a product of single-particle wavefunctions, even when the constituent particles are entirely distinct. Such entangled states explicitly demonstrate the non-local character of quantum theory (footnote 1), having potential applications in high-precision spectroscopy (footnote 2), quantum communication, cryptography and computation (footnote 3). In general, the more particles that can be entangled, the more clearly nonclassical effects are exhibited (footnotes 4,5)and the more useful the states are for quantum applications. Here we implement a recently proposed entanglement technique (footnote 6) to generate entangled states of two and four trapped ions. Coupling between the ions is provided through their collective motional degrees of freedom, but actual motional excitation is minimized. Entanglement is achieved using a single laser pulse, and the method can in principle be applied to any number of ions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 22, 2016
- Accession Number
- AD1008010
Entities
People
- B. E. King
- C. A. Sackett
- C. J. Myatt
- C. Langer
- C. Monroe
- D. Kielpinski
- David J. Wineland
- M. Rowe
- Q. A. Turchette
- V. Meyer
- W. M. Itano
Organizations
- National Institute of Standards and Technology