Uys, HBiercuk, MVan Devender, APOspelkaus, CMeiser, DOzeri, RBollinger, JJ2011-01-212011-01-212010-09Uys, H, Biercuk, M, Van Devender, AP et al. 2010. Decoherence of superposition states in trapped ions. 55th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP), CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, 27 September-1 October 2010http://hdl.handle.net/10204/478855th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP), CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, 27 September-1 October 2010This paper investigates the decoherence of superpositions of hyperfine states of 9Be+ ions due to spontaneous scattering of off-resonant light. It was found that, contrary to conventional wisdom, elastic Raleigh scattering can have major contributions to decoherence when compared to the effect of inelastic Raman scattering.en9Be+ ionsRaleigh scatteringDecoherenceTrapped ionsSAIP Conference 2010Conference PresentationUys, H., Biercuk, M., Van Devender, A., Ospelkaus, C., Meiser, D., Ozeri, R., & Bollinger, J. (2010). Decoherence of superposition states in trapped ions. SAIP 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4788Uys, H, M Biercuk, AP Van Devender, C Ospelkaus, D Meiser, R Ozeri, and JJ Bollinger. "Decoherence of superposition states in trapped ions." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4788Uys H, Biercuk M, Van Devender A, Ospelkaus C, Meiser D, Ozeri R, et al, Decoherence of superposition states in trapped ions; SAIP 2010; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4788 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Uys, H AU - Biercuk, M AU - Van Devender, AP AU - Ospelkaus, C AU - Meiser, D AU - Ozeri, R AU - Bollinger, JJ AB - This paper investigates the decoherence of superpositions of hyperfine states of 9Be+ ions due to spontaneous scattering of off-resonant light. It was found that, contrary to conventional wisdom, elastic Raleigh scattering can have major contributions to decoherence when compared to the effect of inelastic Raman scattering. DA - 2010-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - 9Be+ ions KW - Raleigh scattering KW - Decoherence KW - Trapped ions KW - SAIP Conference 2010 LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 T1 - Decoherence of superposition states in trapped ions TI - Decoherence of superposition states in trapped ions UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4788 ER -