Revealing Noise in Axial Motion Through Quantum Noise Spectroscopy on a Trapped Ion Processor

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.04089v1
• Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:00:02 GMT
• Title: Revealing Noise in Axial Motion Through Quantum Noise Spectroscopy on a Trapped Ion Processor
• Abstract summary: Native noise processes in quantum processors are often difficult to isolate because multiple error mechanisms contribute to the same measured loss of coherence.<n>Here we use dephasing-robust quantum noise spectroscopy to identify and characterize control noise induced by axial motion in an individually-addressed trapped-ion processor.
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• Abstract: Native noise processes in quantum processors are often difficult to isolate because multiple error mechanisms contribute to the same measured loss of coherence. Here we use dephasing-robust quantum noise spectroscopy to identify and characterize control noise induced by axial motion in an individually-addressed trapped-ion processor. When the ion motion is transverse to the addressing beam, thermal axial motion couples to the beam profile and produces effective amplitude control noise. We show that this noise is governed primarily by the local beam curvature and appears as a low-frequency contribution to the reconstructed control-noise spectrum. By varying the ion position within the beam profile, we separate curvature-dependent axial-motion noise from curvature-independent native control noise and extract motional parameters that are otherwise difficult to access on this platform. We also apply the protocol in parallel to a four-ion register, demonstrating a spectroscopic method for simultaneous characterization of position-dependent control noise across multiple qubits. The results of this study identify beam inflection points as operating regions that suppress axial-motion-induced noise at the cost of reduced Rabi rate, as found in PRX Quantum 3, 010334 (2022).

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