Trapped ions offer a promising qubit candidate for a high-fidelity universal quantum computer, but an issue in modern trapped-ion quantum computers is getting full addressability over multiple ion qubits. A potential technique for scaling to a large-scale quantum computer involves transporting ion qubits between multiple, small trapped-ion registers, allowing for quantum gate operations to be performed on spatially separates, while quantum information is transmitted by moving ions between the different zones. To achieve this architecture, ions must be controlled and shuttled under well-defined protocols. I will be developing voltage waveforms for transporting trapped ions and simulating ion trajectories for various ion-motion experiments in Isaac Chuang’s Quanta group.

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