Heating Rates of Planar Ion Traps for Quantum InformationLaboratory Directed Research and Development Harmut Haeffner, John Clarke The main purpose of this project is to further our understanding of the mechanisms which lead to motional heating of trapped ions and to find materials which lead to small heating rates. Up to now the details of the heating mechanism are poorly understood. We will design and manufacture high-performance planar ion traps with heating rates of less than 0.1 quantum / ms. |
