Principal Investigator Isaac Chuang
Cold, trapped polar molecular ions provide energy scales spanning the RF, microwave, and optical frequencies. The rich, narrow spectra potentially allow the molecules to be coupled simultaneously to both electrical and optical cavities, providing a means to efficiently convert between circuit and cavity QED quantum states. We are constructing an experiment to trap and cool polar molecular ions, using surface-electrode superconducting traps to couple ions to a microwave stripline resonator. This will allow the microwave transitions of the molecules to be explored, and eventually coupled to a high-Q resonator.