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Dark Matter Detection

Particles in Penning traps can make excellent quantum sensors for detecting the effects of dark matter.

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Radiofrequency trap

The main trap in our arsenal, we are currently working on driving two-qubit gates using a linear Paul trap.

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Certifying Multilevel Coherence

Quantum superposition between multiple states is a key feature of quantum mechanics which strongly deviates from classical mechanics.

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Ion coulomb crystals

After Doppler cooling, ions often form Coulomb crystals in the trap. This unusual state of matter allows an assembly of ions to be treated as a single quantum mechanical system.

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Quantum coherence studies

Since an ion cooled to its ground state in a trap is such a well-controlled and isolated quantum mechanical system, it can show excellent coherence properties.

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Penning Trap

Now retired, our Penning trap served us for many years allowing us to conduct several experiments.

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