Controlling two-dimensional Coulomb crystals of more than 100 ions in a monolithic radio-frequency trap

D Kiesenhofer, H Hainzer, A Zhdanov, PC Holz… - PRX Quantum, 2023 - APS
Linear strings of trapped atomic ions held in radio-frequency (rf) traps constitute one of the
leading platforms for quantum simulation experiments, allowing the investigation of …

Benchmarking digital quantum simulations above hundreds of qubits using quantum critical dynamics

A Miessen, DJ Egger, I Tavernelli, G Mazzola - PRX Quantum, 2024 - APS
The real-time simulation of large many-body quantum systems is a formidable task, that may
only be achievable with a genuine quantum computational platform. Currently, quantum …

Observation of quantum superposition of topological defects in a trapped-ion quantum simulator

ZJ Cheng, YK Wu, SJ Li, QX Mei, BW Li, GX Wang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Topological defects are discontinuities of a system protected by global properties, with wide
applications in mathematics and physics. While previous experimental studies mostly …

A site-resolved two-dimensional quantum simulator with hundreds of trapped ions

SA Guo, YK Wu, J Ye, L Zhang, WQ Lian, R Yao… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
A large qubit capacity and an individual readout capability are two crucial requirements for
large-scale quantum computing and simulation. As one of the leading physical platforms for …

Large Deviations beyond the Kibble-Zurek Mechanism

F Balducci, M Beau, J Yang, A Gambassi… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
The Kibble-Zurek mechanism (KZM) predicts that the average number of topological defects
generated upon crossing a continuous or quantum phase transition obeys a universal …

Experimental realization of a multiqubit quantum memory in a 218-ion chain

R Yao, WQ Lian, YK Wu, GX Wang, BW Li, QX Mei… - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
Storage lifetime and capacity are two important factors to characterize the performance of a
quantum memory. Here we report the stable trapping of above 200 ions in a cryogenic …

Apparent delay of the Kibble-Zurek mechanism in quenched open systems

RD Jara Jr, JG Cosme - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
We report an intermediate regime in the quench time, τ q, separating the usual validity of the
Kibble-Zurek mechanism (KZM) and its breakdown for rapid quenches in open systems …

Simulating the spin-boson model with a controllable reservoir in an ion trap

GX Wang, YK Wu, R Yao, WQ Lian, ZJ Cheng, YL Xu… - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
The spin-boson model is a prototypical model for open quantum dynamics. Here we
simulate the spin-boson model using a chain of trapped ions in which a spin is coupled to a …

Mean-field theories are simple for neural quantum states

FB Trigueros, T Mendes-Santos, M Heyl - arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.10934, 2023 - arxiv.org
The utilization of artificial neural networks for representing quantum many-body wave
functions has garnered significant attention, with enormous recent progress for both ground …

A site-resolved 2d quantum simulator with hundreds of trapped ions under tunable couplings

SA Guo, YK Wu, J Ye, L Zhang, WQ Lian, R Yao… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
A large qubit capacity and an individual readout capability are two crucial requirements for
large-scale quantum computing and simulation. As one of the leading physical platforms for …