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Demonstration of a mobile ion-trap quantum device

  • Sara Alfaro
  • Dipesh Bhanushali
  • Sankarshan Choudapurkar
  • Ashwin Bhartia
  • Thomas Lafenthaler
  • Tommaso Faorlin
  • Yannick Weiser
  • Lorenz Panzl
  • Thomas Monz
  • Rainer Blatt
  • Giovanni Cerchiari
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Abstract

Trapped-ion devices are being investigated for transportable applications, including the transfer of exotic charged particles between laboratories and the development of portable quantum technologies. To date, ion transport has been demonstrated only in magnetic (Penning) traps, whereas radiofrequency (Paul) traps are the predominant platform in quantum science. Here, we report the first transport of a few thousand ions confined in a linear Paul trap over distances of several kilometers, with transport durations of 15 and 45 min. These results establish a foundation for mobile trapped-ion quantum devices capable of operating while in motion and may enable the transport of exotic ions in Paul traps between experimental facilities.

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@misc{alfaro2026demonstration,
  title = {{Demonstration of a mobile ion-trap quantum device}},
  author = {Sara Alfaro and Dipesh Bhanushali and Sankarshan Choudapurkar and Ashwin Bhartia and Thomas Lafenthaler and Tommaso Faorlin and Yannick Weiser and Lorenz Panzl and Thomas Monz and Rainer Blatt and Giovanni Cerchiari},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.20487},
  eprint = {2610.20487},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.20487},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Demonstration of a mobile ion-trap quantum device
AU  - Sara Alfaro
AU  - Dipesh Bhanushali
AU  - Sankarshan Choudapurkar
AU  - Ashwin Bhartia
AU  - Thomas Lafenthaler
AU  - Tommaso Faorlin
AU  - Yannick Weiser
AU  - Lorenz Panzl
AU  - Thomas Monz
AU  - Rainer Blatt
AU  - Giovanni Cerchiari
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/14
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.20487
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.20487
AB  - Trapped-ion devices are being investigated for transportable applications, including the transfer of exotic charged particles between laboratories and the development of portable quantum technologies. To date, ion transport has been demonstrated only in magnetic (Penning) traps, whereas radiofrequency (Paul) traps are the predominant platform in quantum science. Here, we report the first transport of a few thousand ions confined in a linear Paul trap over distances of several kilometers, with transport durations of 15 and 45 min. These results establish a foundation for mobile trapped-ion quantum devices capable of operating while in motion and may enable the transport of exotic ions in Paul traps between experimental facilities.
ER  -