Imaging Trapped Ion Structures via Fluorescence Cross-Correlation Detection

Richter S, Wolf S, von Zanthier J, Schmidt-Kaler F (2021)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Physical Review Letters American Physical Society

Book Volume: 126

Article Number: 173602

Issue: 17

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.173602

Abstract

Cross-correlation signals are recorded from fluorescence photons scattered in free space off a trapped ion structure. The analysis of the signal allows for unambiguously revealing the spatial frequency, thus the distance, as well as the spatial alignment of the ions. For the case of two ions we obtain from the cross-correlations a spatial frequency fspatial=1490±2stat±8syst  rad−1, where the statistical uncertainty improves with the integrated number of correlation events as N−0.51±0.06. We independently determine the spatial frequency to be 1494±11  rad−1, proving excellent agreement. Expanding our method to the case of three ions, we demonstrate its functionality for two-dimensional arrays of emitters of indistinguishable photons, serving as a model system to yield structural information where direct imaging techniques fail.

Authors with CRIS profile

Stefan Richter Quantum Optics & Quantum Information Joachim von Zanthier Quantum Optics & Quantum Information

Additional Organisation(s)

Quantum Optics & Quantum Information Sonderforschungsbereich/Transregio 306/1: Quantenkooperativität von Licht und Materie - QuCoLiMa

Related research project(s)

Cooperative light emission and spatio-temporal photon correlations from trapped ion arrays (A01) TRR 306: Quantenkooperativität von Licht und Materie - QuCoLiMa Jan. 1, 2021 - Dec. 31, 2024 Quantum Imaging and Incoherent Diffraction Imaging Jan. 1, 2007 - Jan. 1, 2010

Involved external institutions

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Richter, S., Wolf, S., von Zanthier, J., & Schmidt-Kaler, F. (2021). Imaging Trapped Ion Structures via Fluorescence Cross-Correlation Detection. Physical Review Letters, 126. https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.173602

MLA:

Richter, Stefan, et al. "Imaging Trapped Ion Structures via Fluorescence Cross-Correlation Detection." Physical Review Letters 126 (2021).

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