Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. 10974225 and 11104325);the NCETPC(Grant No. NCET-10-0850);the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities of China;the National Fundamental Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB922102)
Quantum computing requires ultracold ions in a ground vibrational state, which is achieved by sideband cooling. We report our recent efforts towards the Lamb Dicke regime which is a prerequisite of sideband cooling. W...