%0 Journal Article
%A Porras Torres, Diego
%A Marquard, F.
%A Delft, J. von
%A Cirac, J. I
%T Mesoscopic spin-boson models of trapped ions
%D 2008
%@ 1050-2947
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52211
%X Trapped ions arranged in Coulomb crystals provide us with the elements to study the physics of a single spin coupled to a boson bath. In this work, we show that optical forces allow us to realize a variety of spin-boson models, depending on the crystal geometry and the laser configuration. We study in detail the ohmic case, which can be implemented by illuminating a single ion with a traveling wave. The mesoscopic character of the phonon bath in trapped ions induces effects such as the appearance of quantum revivals in the spin evolution.
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