| Ion Trap Cavity QED |
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Description Due to their charge, an ion can be confined by a combination of applied oscillating and static electric fields. In such a trap both the ions motional and internal degrees of freedom can be controlled to the extreme limits that the laws of physics allow. For this reason ion traps are an important technology for precision metrology such as frequency and time standards and tests of fundamental physics. Additionally the ion trap system is currently one of the most promising candidates for quantum information processing (QIP). In particular the ion trap system is responsible for some of the most impressive demonstrations of QIP including multi-particle entanglement, teleportation, small scale algorithms, and quantum error correction. In this work we aim to extend the capabilities of of the ion trap system to include cavity QED effects. In particular we aim to encorporate a high finesse cavity with the ion trap system. CQT people involved in the project Principal Investigator: Murray Barrett Postdocs: Positions available - please contact Murray Barrett ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) Students: Arpan Roy, Chuah Boon Leng |