Efficient preparation and detection of microwave dressed-state qubits   and qutrits with trapped ions
  We demonstrate a method for preparing and detecting all eigenstates of a three-level microwave dressed system with a single trapped ion. The method significantly reduces the experimental complexity of gate operations with dressed-state qubits, as well as allowing all three of the dressed-states to be prepared and detected, thereby providing access to a qutrit that is well protected from magnetic field noise. In addition, we demonstrate individual addressing of the clock transitions in two ions using a strong static magnetic field gradient, showing that our method can be used to prepare and detect microwave dressed-states in a string of ions when performing multi-ion quantum operations with microwave and radio frequency fields. The individual addressability of clock transitions could also allow for the control of pairwise interaction strengths between arbitrary ions in a string using lasers. 
J. Randall, S. Weidt, E. D. Standing, K. Lake, S. C. Webster, D. F.   Murgia, T. Navickas, K. Roth, and W. K. Hensinger
quant-ph physics.atom-ph