Physics Viewpoint: Combing a Qubit: http://physics.aps.org/viewpoint-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.140501

"Spooky Computing" at Huskies Weekend in Pacific Science Center: http://www.pacsci.org/paws-on-science/

Your Toptica DL100 acts funny? Check the piezo first! (And keep a stash of those handy - you'll need them often).

Pretty ion crystal in the "tack" trap: http://depts.washington.edu/qcomp/images/ion%20lattice.jpg

Gang (Rick) Shu successfully passes his final exam. Congratulations, Dr. Shu!

in honor of oil-soaked birds, 'tweets' are now 'gurgles. http://bit.ly/cIhZNf

Ba+ 5D5/2 Lande g-factor is EXACTLY 6/5, not 1.12. Take that, NIST database!

OK, Ba+ 5D5/2 g-factor is actually more like 1.2024...

UW ion trappers 2010: http://depts.washington.edu/qcomp/images/ion%20trappers%202010%20big.jpg

Or this one:http://depts.washington.edu/qcomp/images/ion%20trappers%202010%20alt.jpg

Physics colloquium today “Comprehensive Control of Atomic Motion” by Mark G. Raizen (University of Texas at Austin), PAA102 at 4 pm

photons are ionizing bariums! we seem to think...

Fooled a temperature controller into thinking it's controlling temperature. What fun!

DIY 5 watt 532 nm pump laser - it's easier than you think!

Piggy Jr., born 11/17/2009!

New paper: Efficient Fluorescence Collection from Trapped Ion Qubits with an Integrated Spherical Mirror: http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.4958

Hyperfine qubits in Ba+ - check! Optical qubits? - check!

congratulations to Dr. Dietrich on his successful defense!

Ions trapped by optical fields http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/41495

I nominate Dave 🥓 for a Shorty Award in #bacon because I like bacon. http://bit.ly/shorty