Non-paraxial effects on laser-qubit operations

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.19345v2
• Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:47:59 GMT
• Title: Non-paraxial effects on laser-qubit operations
• Authors: L. P. H. Gallagher, M. Mazzanti, Z. E. D. Ackerman, A. Safavi-Naini, R. Gerritsma, R. J. C. Spreeuw,
• Abstract summary: We develop an analytic model to quantify how non-paraxial effects will manifest in the next-generation of scalable quantum hardware.<n>We characterize single- and two-qubit gate infidelities due to this effect with an analytic model and numerical simulation.
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• Abstract: Tightly-focused laser beams, or optical tweezers, are essential for analogue and digital quantum simulation with neutral atoms and trapped ions. Despite this, most of the current intuition and theoretical treatment utilizes the paraxial approximation, which breaks down at the focus of optical tweezers. We develop an analytic model, which we use in tandem with numerical simulations, to quantify how non-paraxial effects will manifest in the next-generation of scalable quantum hardware, where tightly focused beams are used for individual qubit control. In particular, we calculate the light potentials of Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian beams driving the quadrupole $^2$S$_{1/2}\rightarrow$ $^2$D$_{5/2}$ transition in $^{40}$Ca$^+$. Longitudinal field components in the beam center cause spatially-dependent Rabi frequencies and AC Stark shifts, leading to unexpected qubit-motion coupling. We characterize single- and two-qubit gate infidelities due to this effect with an analytic model and numerical simulation. We identify regimes where non-paraxial effects should be taken into account for high-precision quantum control. Finally, we highlight that non-paraxial effects are potentially more severe in the case of neutral atom and molecule addressing.

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