Multi-tone RFSoC driver for an AOM

Team member: Mani Aarthy

Objective

Design, implement, and characterise a multi-tone RF synthesiser on an RFSoC platform capable of driving AODs or AOMs used for trapped-ion and neutral-atom qubit control.

The synthesiser must support two operating modes on the same hardware:

 1) Ion mode --- few tones (1--4) per channel, optimised for phase purity and deterministic inter-tone phase relationships, as required for M{\o}lmer--S{\o}rensen gates.
 2) Atom mode --- many tones (32--64) per channel, optimised for intermodulation suppression and linear frequency chirping, as required for tweezer arrays and atom transport.

The FPGA prototype serves two purposes: it is a usable instrument in its own right, and it is the architectural and algorithmic testbench for a subsequent \SI{22}{\nano\meter} FDSOI ASIC.