TY - JOUR T1 - Quantum Simulation of Spin Models on an Arbitrary Lattice with Trapped Ions JF - New Journal of Physics Y1 - 2012 A1 - Simcha Korenblit A1 - Dvir Kafri A1 - Wess C. Campbell A1 - Rajibul Islam A1 - Emily E. Edwards A1 - Zhe-Xuan Gong A1 - Guin-Dar Lin A1 - Luming Duan A1 - Jungsang Kim A1 - Kihwan Kim A1 - Christopher Monroe AB - A collection of trapped atomic ions represents one of the most attractive platforms for the quantum simulation of interacting spin networks and quantum magnetism. Spin-dependent optical dipole forces applied to an ion crystal create long-range effective spin-spin interactions and allow the simulation of spin Hamiltonians that possess nontrivial phases and dynamics. Here we show how appropriate design of laser fields can provide for arbitrary multidimensional spin-spin interaction graphs even for the case of a linear spatial array of ions. This scheme uses currently existing trap technology and is scalable to levels where classical methods of simulation are intractable. VL - 14 U4 - 095024 UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.0776v1 CP - 9 J1 - New J. Phys. U5 - 10.1088/1367-2630/14/9/095024 ER -