Trapping Ion Coulomb Crystals in an Optical Lattice

verfasst von: Daniel Hoenig, Fabian Thielemann, Leon Karpa, Thomas Walker, Amir Mohammadi, Tobias Schaetz
Abstract: We report the optical trapping of multiple ions localized at individual lattice sites of a one-dimensional optical lattice. We observe a fivefold increased range of axial dc-electric field strength for which ions can be optically trapped with high probability and an increase of the axial eigenfrequency by 2 orders of magnitude compared to an optical dipole trap without interference but of similar intensity. Our findings motivate an alternative pathway to extend arrays of trapped ions in size and dimension, enabling quantum simulations with particles interacting at long range.
Organisationseinheit(en): Institut für Quantenoptik
Externe Organisation(en): Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Typ: Artikel
Journal: Physical review letters
Band: 132
Anzahl der Seiten: 7
ISSN: 0031-9007
Publikationsdatum: 29.03.2024
Publikationsstatus: Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed: Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete: Allgemeine Physik und Astronomie
Elektronische Version(en): https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2306.12518 (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.133003 (Zugang: Geschlossen)

BibTeX

@article{8244906a181942babeef8d73471c5cb8,
title = "Trapping Ion Coulomb Crystals in an Optical Lattice",
abstract = "We report the optical trapping of multiple ions localized at individual lattice sites of a one-dimensional optical lattice. We observe a fivefold increased range of axial dc-electric field strength for which ions can be optically trapped with high probability and an increase of the axial eigenfrequency by 2 orders of magnitude compared to an optical dipole trap without interference but of similar intensity. Our findings motivate an alternative pathway to extend arrays of trapped ions in size and dimension, enabling quantum simulations with particles interacting at long range.",
author = "Daniel Hoenig and Fabian Thielemann and Leon Karpa and Thomas Walker and Amir Mohammadi and Tobias Schaetz",
note = "Funding Information: This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union{\textquoteright}s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant No. 648330) and the German Science Foundation (DFG) via SCHA 973/9-1. D. H. and F. T. acknowledge support from the German Science Foundation (DFG) within RTG 2717. A. M. and T. W. acknowledge additional support from the Georg H. Endress Foundation. L. K. acknowledges support from the German Science Foundation (DFG) via the Heisenberg program KA 4215/2-1.",
year = "2024",
month = mar,
day = "29",
doi = "10.48550/arXiv.2306.12518",
language = "English",
volume = "132",
journal = "Physical review letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "13",
}