Optical Trapping of an Ion

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Optical Trapping of an Ion
المؤلفون: Schneider, Ch., Enderlein, M., Huber, T., Schaetz, T.
سنة النشر: 2010
المجموعة: Physics (Other)
Quantum Physics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Quantum Physics, Physics - Atomic Physics
الوصف: For several decades, ions have been trapped by radio frequency (RF) and neutral particles by optical fields. We implement the experimental proof-of-principle for trapping an ion in an optical dipole trap. While loading, initialization and final detection are performed in a RF trap, in between, this RF trap is completely disabled and substituted by the optical trap. The measured lifetime of milliseconds allows for hundreds of oscillations within the optical potential. It is mainly limited by heating due to photon scattering. In future experiments the lifetime may be increased by further detuning the laser and cooling the ion. We demonstrate the prerequisite to merge both trapping techniques in hybrid setups to the point of trapping ions and atoms in the same optical potential.
Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.236
الوصول الحر: http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.2953Test
رقم الانضمام: edsarx.1001.2953
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv