A microfabricated ion trap with integrated microwave circuitry

We describe the design, fabrication, and testing of a surface-electrode ion trap, which incorporates microwave waveguides, resonators, and coupling elements for the manipulation of trapped ion qubits using near-field microwaves. The trap is optimised to give a large microwave field gradient to allow state-dependent manipulation of the ions' motional degrees of freedom, the key to multi-qubit entanglement. The microwave field near the centre of the trap is characterised by driving hyperfine transitions in a single laser-cooled  43Ca+ ion.

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