In-Situ Rewiring of Two-Dimensional Ion Lattice Interactions Using Metastable State Shelving

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.10307v1
• Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:25:11 GMT
• Title: In-Situ Rewiring of Two-Dimensional Ion Lattice Interactions Using Metastable State Shelving
• Authors: Ilyoung Jung, Antonis Kyprianidis, Frank G. Schroer, Thomas W. Burkle, Jack Lyons, Philip Richerme,
• Abstract summary: We demonstrate how the effective ion lattice geometry and resulting qubit-qubit interactions may be reconfigured in-situ.<n>We apply a global Ising-like Hamiltonian to the system and verify that the shelved qubits are fully removed from participation in the quantum dynamics.<n>We characterize the metastable state lifetime in the presence of laser-driven ion-ion interactions, finding a deshelving rate that is orders of magnitude slower than the spin-spin interaction rate.
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• Abstract: Trapped-ion lattice geometries, which determine the interactions between trapped-ion qubits, are typically governed by the balance of Coulomb repulsion forces with the external trapping potential. Here we demonstrate how the effective ion lattice geometry and resulting qubit-qubit interactions may be reconfigured in-situ, by shelving specific ions in metastable states outside the qubit subspace. Using a triangular lattice of three $^{171}$Yb$^{+}$ ions, we optically pump selected ions into the long-lived $^2F_{7/2}$ state. We then apply a global Ising-like Hamiltonian to the system and verify that the shelved qubits are fully removed from participation in the quantum dynamics. We characterize the metastable state lifetime in the presence of laser-driven ion-ion interactions, finding a deshelving rate that is orders of magnitude slower than the spin-spin interaction rate and scales quadratically with applied laser intensity.

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