Non-Destructive Identification of Cold and Extremely Localized Single Molecular Ions
Chemical Physics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
A simple and non-destructive method for identification of a single molecular ion sympathetically cooled by a single laser cooled atomic ion in a linear Paul trap is demonstrated. The technique is based on a precise determination of the molecular ion mass through a measurement of the eigenfrequency of a common motional mode of the two ions. The demonstrated mass resolution is sufficiently high that a particular molecular ion species can be distinguished from other equally charged atomic or molecular ions having the same total number of nucleons.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0406088,
title = {Non-Destructive Identification of Cold and Extremely Localized Single Molecular Ions},
author = {M. Drewsen and A. Mortensen and R. Martinussen and P. Staanum and J. L. Sørensen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0406088},
year = {2009}
}