Effects of electrode surface roughness on motional heating of trapped ions
Effects of electrode surface roughness on motional heating of trapped ions
Electric-field noise is a major source of motional heating in trapped-ion quantum computation. While the influence of trap-electrode geometries on electric-field noise has been studied in patch potential and surface adsorbate models, only smooth surfaces are accounted for by current theory. The effects of roughness, a ubiquitous feature of surface …