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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 24, Issue 15, Pages 16638-16648Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.016638
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- Australian Research Council [CE110001027, DP130101613, FT120100291, FT110100513, FT130100472, DE130100304]
- Australian Research Council [FT110100513, FT120100291, DE130100304, FT130100472] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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Trapped ions are one of the most promising approaches for the realization of a universal quantum computer. Faster quantum logic gates could dramatically improve the performance of trapped-ion quantum computers, and require the development of suitable high repetition rate pulsed lasers. Here we report on a robust frequency upconverted fiber laser based source, able to deliver 2.5 ps ultraviolet (UV) pulses at a stabilized repetition rate of 300.00000 MHz with an average power of 190 mW. The laser wavelength is resonant with the strong transition in Ytterbium (Yb+) at 369.53 nm and its repetition rate can be scaled up using high harmonic mode locking. We show that our source can produce arbitrary pulse patterns using a programmable pulse pattern generator and fast modulating components. Finally, simulations demonstrate that our laser is capable of performing resonant, temperature-insensitive, two-qubit quantum logic gates on trapped Yb+ ions faster than the trap period and with fidelity above 99%. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America
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