Quantum sensing of high-frequency gravitational waves with ion crystals

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19053v1
• Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:42:49 GMT
• Title: Quantum sensing of high-frequency gravitational waves with ion crystals
• Abstract summary: detection method for high-frequency gravitational waves using two-dimensional ion crystals is investigated.<n>Future realization of large ion crystals can significantly improve the sensitivity to gravitational waves in the 10 kHz to 10 MHz region.
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• Abstract: A detection method for high-frequency gravitational waves using two-dimensional ion crystals is investigated. Gravitational waves can resonantly excite the drumhead modes of the ion crystal, particularly the parity-odd modes. In the optical dipole force protocol, entanglement between the drumhead modes and the collective spins transfers the excitation of the drumhead modes to the rotation of the total spin. Furthermore, gravitational wave detection beyond the standard quantum limit becomes possible as a squeezed spin state is generated through this entanglement. The sensitivity gets better with a larger ions crystals as well as a larger number of the ions. Future realization of large ion crystals can significantly improve the sensitivity to gravitational waves in the 10 kHz to 10 MHz region.

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