Ion traps, which were first introduced in the late 1950s and early 1960s, have established themselves as indispensable tools in many areas of physics, chemistry and technology. This chapter gives a brief survey of the operating principles and development of ion traps, together with a short description of how ions are loaded and detected. This is followed by a brief account of some of the current applications of ion traps.
@article{arxiv.1311.7220,
title = {Physics with Trapped Charged Particles},
author = {Martina Knoop and Niels Madsen and Richard C. Thompson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.7220},
year = {2017}
}