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Experiments that investigate the decoherence of superpositions of motional states of trapped ions are described. Decoherence is characterized by the loss of contrast in Ramsey-type interferometer experiments involving superpositions of two motional coherent states or two motional Fock states that are subject to stochastically fluctuating electric fields.
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Wineland, D.J. et al. (2003). Decoherence of trapped-atom motional state superpositions. In: Bigelow, N.P., Eberly, J.H., Stroud, C.R., Walmsley, I.A. (eds) Coherence and Quantum Optics VIII. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8907-9_36
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