Adiabatic Mach-Zehnder interferometer via an array of trapped ions
Yi-Ming Hu, Min Feng, Chaohong Lee · Physical Review A · 2012
We explore the possibility of implementing a Heisenberg-limited Mach-Zehnder interferometer via an array of trapped ions, which obey a quantum Ising model within a transverse field. Based upon adiabatic processes of increasing the Ising interaction and then decreasing the transverse field, we demonstrate a perfect transition from paramagnetism to ferromagnetic states, which can be used as the beam splitter for the multi-ion Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The achieved NOON state of the ions enables the Heisenberg-limited interferometer. Using currently available techniques for ultracold ions, we discuss the experimental feasibility of our scheme with global operations.