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A broadband, individually addressing two- and three-dimensional photonic integrated circuit for trapped-ion qubit control

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Authors: Daniel Klawson, Yiyang Zhi, Bingran You, Michael Bareian, Elijah Mossman, Chun-Yuan Fan, Arkadev Roy, Ke Sun, Jason Lee, Sung Cheol Yoon, Qiming Wu, Lai Jiang, Wenjun Ke, Weiwei Wu, Sirui Tang, Zachary Wall, Jiaxiang Wang, Louis Paul Romero, Sam Vizvary, Steven Diaz, Eric R. Hudson, Wesley C. Campbell, Hartmut Haeffner, Ming C. Wu

Year

2026

Paper ID

73984

Status

Preprint

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Abstract

Trapped ions provide a high-fidelity platform for quantum information processing, yet delivery of multiple, distinct wavelengths across large networks of interaction zones remains a bottleneck. Conventional free-space light delivery lacks scalability, while on-chip grating couplers suffer from narrow operational bandwidth that increases circuit footprint and optical interfacing complexity. Here we show a broadband photonic integrated circuit capable of addressing individual ions. The circuit combines a planar waveguide lens with a micromirror fabricated using two-photon polymerization at wafer scale. This implementation can address three individual ions from λ = 405 - 880 nm with -27 dB average intensity crosstalk at 5 μm pitch. We trap 40Ca+ and 138Ba+ ions above such devices, characterize optical crosstalk with barium ions, and demonstrate individual repumping of calcium ions. This monolithic photonic architecture brings broadband addressing in an on-chip modality to trapped-ion technology. More generally, integrating additive manufacturing into quantum devices is poised to unlock expanded design space for implementing novel quantum architectures.

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