Atomic ovens based on electric discharge
AssigneeIonQ, Inc.
InventorsKai Hudek, Jason Madjdi Amini
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure describe an atomic oven including a cathode, an anode that comprises a source material, and a power supply that provides a voltage between the cathode and the anode, wherein applying the voltage causes multiple electrons from the cathode to ablate the source material from the anode or locally heat the anode to cause source material to evaporate from the anode and, in both case, to produce a stream of ablated or evaporated particles that passes through an opening in the cathode.
Claims20
A quantum information processing (QIP) system comprising:
- an ion trap configured to trap a plurality of ions;
- an atomic oven configured to provide a plasma stream comprising a plurality of ions to the ion trap, the atomic oven comprising a cathode and an anode including a source material;
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- a power supply configured to provide a voltage between the cathode and the anode to generate the plasma stream from the source material of the anode;
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- a shield configured to direct the plurality of ions of the plasma stream towards the ion trap.
A quantum information processing (QIP) system comprising:
- an ion trap configured to trap a plurality of ions;
- an atomic oven comprising a cathode and an anode including a source material;
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- a power supply configured to provide a voltage between the cathode and the anode of the atomic oven to generate a plasma stream that from the source material of the anode, the plasma stream including the plurality of ions;
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- a holder that holds the cathode and is configured to direct the plasma stream towards the ion trap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.