Research
Observation of Topological Berry Phases with a Single Phonon in an Ion Microtrap Array
feeds.aps.org · By Justin F. Niedermeyer, Nathan K. Lysne, Katherine C. McCormick, Jonas Keller, Craig W. Hogle, Matthew G. Blain, Edwin J. Heller, Roman Schmied, Robert Jördens, Susanna L. Todaro, David J. Wineland, Andrew C. Wilson, Daniel H. Slichter & Dietrich Leibfried ·
The Brief
- The paper "Observation of Topological Berry Phases with a Single Phonon in an Ion Microtrap Array" was listed by the APS feed on 2026-11-10.
- The authors are Justin F. Niedermeyer, Nathan K. Lysne, Katherine C. McCormick, Jonas Keller, Craig W. Hogle, Matthew G. Blain, Edwin J. Heller, Roman Schmied, Robert Jördens, Susanna L. Todaro, David J. Wineland, Andrew C. Wilson, Daniel H. Slichter, and Dietrich Leibfried.
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Why it matters
The work reports observing a topological Berry phase in the motion of a single trapped-ion phonon, which is relevant to researchers studying geometric phases and quantum control with trapped ions.
Who’s affected
- quantum physicists working with trapped ions
- researchers in topological and geometric phases
- #berry phase
- #phonons
- #trapped ions
- #topological physics
- #quantum control
Author(s): Justin F. Niedermeyer, Nathan K. Lysne, Katherine C. McCormick, Jonas Keller, Craig W. Hogle, Matthew G. Blain, Edwin J. Heller, Roman Schmied, Robert Jördens, Susanna L. Todaro, David J. Wineland, Andrew C. Wilson, Daniel H. Slichter, and Dietrich Leibfried Trapping…