Feasibility Study of 3D-Printed Micro Junction Array for Ion Trap Quantum Processor

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.17275v1
• Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 23:17:32 GMT
• Title: Feasibility Study of 3D-Printed Micro Junction Array for Ion Trap Quantum Processor
• Authors: Kento Taniguchi, Ke Sun, Shuqi Xu, Abhinav Parakh, Xiaoxing Xia, Michael Schecter, Curtis Volin, Eric Hudson, Hartmut Haeffner,
• Abstract summary: We introduce an ion trap platform based on a 3D-printed micro-junction array.<n>The integration of three-dimensionally structured micro Radio-Frequency (RF) electrodes above a surface-electrode trap enables flexible control of electric field profiles.<n>We identify a junction geometry that maintains uniform ion confinement during transport while substantially reducing the pseudopotential barrier.
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• Abstract: We introduce an ion trap platform based on a 3D-printed micro-junction array, designed to implement quantum charge-coupled device (QCCD) architectures for large-scale quantum information processing (QIP). The integration of three-dimensionally structured micro Radio-Frequency (RF) electrodes above a surface-electrode trap enables flexible control of electric field profiles across both linear and junction regions. Through simulations, we demonstrate that the linear region exhibits deeper and more harmonic ion confinement with reduced RF drive power compared to conventional planar traps. Crucially, we identify a junction geometry that maintains uniform ion confinement during transport while substantially reducing the pseudopotential barrier. This reduction facilitates low-heating, high-fidelity transport of single- and multi-species ion crystals. Our results establish a viable route toward fault-tolerant quantum computing by enabling modular and scalable QCCD systems based on the state-of-the-art 3D-printing technologies.

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