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Exploiting transport properties for the detection of optical pumping in heavy ions

Atomic Physics 2020-07-14 v1

Abstract

We present a kinetic model for optical pumping in Lu+^+ and Lr+^+ ions as well as a theoretical approach to calculate the transport properties of Lu+^+ in its ground 1S0^1S_0 and metastable 3D1^3D_1 states in helium background gas. Calculations of the initial ion state populations, the field and temperature dependence of the mobilities and diffusion coefficients, and the ion arrival time distributions demonstrate that the ground- and metastable-state ions can be collected and discriminated efficiently under realistic macroscopic conditions.

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@article{arxiv.2007.02115,
  title  = {Exploiting transport properties for the detection of optical pumping in heavy ions},
  author = {Mustapha Laatiaoui and Alexei A. Buchachenko and Larry A. Viehland},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.02115},
  year   = {2020}
}

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https://journals.aps.org/pra/accepted/d507eN77Ebb1961ac809534643e9880d5528d36a9