New publication: Piston control in a two ion quantum device

7 Sep 2026

Dr. Jing Li and Dr. Andreas Ruschhaupt are pleased to announce their new article 'Piston control in a two‑ion quantum device', published in New Journal of Physics.

For this research, the authors propose a scheme for piston control within a two‑ion quantum device where ion motion is confined along orthogonal axes. In this setup, one ion acts as a “classical” piston driven by Coulomb interaction with the second ion; the quantum motion of the latter is controlled via modulation of its trapping potential.

This research was carried out in collaboration with Prof. E. Ya Sherman (UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain).

Full article: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/ae9fcf