Towards a quantum network based on trapped ions in cavity
Florian R. Ong, Klemens Schüppert, Pierre Jobez, Florian Kranzl, Dario Fioretto, Markus Teller, Konstantin Friebe, M. Lee, Ben Ames, Tracy E. Northup, R. Blatt · 2017
The realization of a quantum network requires linking distant nodes via a quantum channel. To realize this link, it seems natural to use single photons to transmit or to share the quantum state of a static qubit. In this direction, a trapped ion in cavity has already been used to perform ion-photon entanglement [1] and ion-to-photon state mapping [2].