A novel approach to optics integration in ion traps is demonstrated based on a surface electrode ion trap that is microfabricated on top of a dielectric mirror. Additional optical losses due to fabrication are found to be as low as 80 ppm for light at 422 nm. The integrated mirror is used to demonstrate light collection from, and imaging of, a single 88 Sr+ ion trapped 169±4μm above the mirror.
@article{arxiv.1011.5259,
title = {A microfabricated surface ion trap on a high-finesse optical mirror},
author = {Peter F. Herskind and Shannon X. Wang and Molu Shi and Yufei Ge and Marko Cetina and Isaac L. Chuang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.5259},
year = {2011}
}