Ion-trap measurements of electric-field noise near surfaces

M Brownnutt, M Kumph, P Rabl, R Blatt - Reviews of modern Physics, 2015 - APS
Electric-field noise near surfaces is a common problem in diverse areas of physics and a
limiting factor for many precision measurements. There are multiple mechanisms by which …

Recent progress in laser spectroscopy of the actinides

M Block, M Laatiaoui, S Raeder - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
The interest to perform laser spectroscopy in the heaviest elements arises from the strong
impact of relativistic effects, electron correlations and quantum electrodynamics on their …

Cryogenic linear Paul trap for cold highly charged ion experiments

M Schwarz, OO Versolato, A Windberger… - Review of Scientific …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Storage and cooling of highly charged ions require ultra-high vacuum levels obtainable by
means of cryogenic methods. We have developed a linear Paul trap operating at 4 K …

Resistive cooling of ions' center-of-mass energy in a Penning trap on millisecond time scales

M Kiffer, S Ringleb, T Stöhlker, M Vogel - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
We have performed systematic measurements of the resistive cooling behavior of bunches
of highly charged ions in a Penning trap after injection from an external source. In particular …

The LEBIT ion cooler and buncher

S Schwarz, G Bollen, R Ringle, J Savory… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a detailed description of the ion cooler and buncher, installed at the
Low Energy Beam and Ion Trap Facility (LEBIT) at the National Superconducting Cyclotron …

Trapping and manipulation of individual nanoparticles in a planar Paul trap

I Alda, J Berthelot, RA Rica, R Quidant - Applied Physics Letters, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Visualisation and manipulation of nanoscale matter is one of the main and current
challenges in nanosciences. To this aim, different techniques have been recently developed …

Modes of oscillation in radiofrequency Paul traps

H Landa, M Drewsen, B Reznik… - New Journal of …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We examine the time-dependent dynamics of ion crystals in radiofrequency traps. The
problem of stable trapping of general three-dimensional crystals is considered and the …

[HTML][HTML] The physics and applications of strongly coupled Coulomb systems (plasmas) levitated in electrodynamic traps

BM Mihalcea, VS Filinov, RA Syrovatka, LM Vasilyak - Physics reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Charged microparticles confined in electrodynamic traps evolve into strongly coupled
Coulomb systems (SCCS) which are the subject of current investigation. Recent results with …

Laser-cooled ytterbium-ion microwave frequency standard

S Mulholland, HA Klein, GP Barwood, S Donnellan… - Applied Physics B, 2019 - Springer
We report on the development of a trapped-ion, microwave frequency standard based on the
12.6 GHz hyperfine transition in laser-cooled ytterbium-171 ions. The entire system fits into a …

Classical and quantum modes of coupled Mathieu equations

H Landa, M Drewsen, B Reznik… - Journal of Physics A …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We expand the solutions of linearly coupled Mathieu equations in terms of infinite-continued
matrix inversions, and use it to find the modes which diagonalize the dynamical problem …