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Single dopant atoms or dopant-related defect centers in a solid state matrix provide an attractive platform for quantum simulation of topological states, for quantum computing and communication, due to their potential to realize a scalable…

We review the current status of the field of sympathetically cooled molecular ions, i.e. the method used for cooling the translational degrees of freedom, the techniques applied for detection and analysis of the cold trapped ion ensembles…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-08 Bernhard Roth , Stephan Schiller

We produce large numbers of low-energy ions by photoionization of laser-cooled atoms inside a surface-electrode-based Paul trap. The isotope-selective trap loading rate of $4\times10^{5}$ Yb$^{+}$ ions/s exceeds that attained by…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Marko Cetina , Andrew Grier , Jonathan Campbell , Isaac Chuang , Vladan Vuletic

While laser excitation of the nuclear isomeric transition in $^{229}$Th has been recently achieved for thorium atoms embedded in large-bandgap crystals, laser excitation and characterization of the nuclear transition in trapped…

Trapped ions are a promising candidate for large scale quantum computation. Several systems have been built in both academic and industrial settings to implement modestly-sized quantum algorithms. Efficient cooling of the motional degrees…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 J. -S. Chen , K. Wright , N. C. Pisenti , D. Murphy , K. M. Beck , K. Landsman , J. M. Amini , Y. Nam

Entangling multiple qubits is one of the central tasks for quantum information processings. Here, we propose an approach to entangle a number of cold ions (individually trapped in a string of microtraps) by a moved cavity. The cavity is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-06-21 Miao Zhang , H. Y. Jia , L. F. Wei

We have sympathetically cooled and crystallized ${}^{113}\mathrm{{Cd}}^{+}$ ions with laser-cooled ${}^{40}\mathrm{{Ca}}^{+}$ ions, and directly observed the complete large bicrystal structure in a linear Paul trap. The large two-component…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-05-10 S. N. Miao , H. R. Qin , N. C. Xin , Y. T. Chen , J. W. Zhang , L. J. Wang

We developed a surface-electrode ion trap with a square hole measuring $40\,\mathrm{\mu m}$ for atomic loading. The hole was fabricated using anisotropic etching of a silicon substrate and was designed to minimize potential distortion in…

Hybrid systems of laser-cooled trapped ions and ultracold atoms combined in a single experimental setup have recently emerged as a new platform for fundamental research in quantum physics. This paper reviews the theoretical and experimental…

We report on a comparative analysis of quenched sideband cooling in trapped ions. We introduce a theoretical approach for time-efficient simulation of the temporal cooling characteristics and derive the optimal conditions providing fast…

Efficient cooling of trapped charged particles is essential to many fundamental physics experiments, to high-precision metrology, and to quantum technology. Until now, sympathetic cooling has required close-range Coulomb interactions, but…

Modern experiments with cold molecular ions have reached a high degree of complexity requiring frequent sample preparation, state initialization and protocol execution while demanding precise control over multiple devices and laser sources.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-11-03 Richard Karl , Meissa Diouf , Aleksandr Shlykov , Mikolaj Roguski , Stefan Willitsch

Highly efficient, nearly deterministic, and isotope selective generation of Yb$^+$ ions by 1- and 2-color photoionization is demonstrated. State preparation and state selective detection of hyperfine states in \ybodd is investigated in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-12-23 Chr. Balzer , A. Braun , T. Hannemann , Chr. Paape , M. Ettler , W. Neuhauser , Chr. Wunderlich

We propose a method for deterministic implantation of single atoms into solids which relies on a linear ion trap as an ion source. Our approach allows a deterministic control of the number of implanted atoms and a spatial resolution of less…

Trapping molecular ions that have been sympathetically cooled with laser-cooled atomic ions is a useful platform for exploring cold ion chemistry. We designed and characterized a new experimental apparatus for probing chemical reaction…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-01-15 Philipp C. Schmid , James Greenberg , Mikhail I. Miller , Kevin Loeffler , Heather J. Lewandowski

We present a unitary quantum control scheme that produces a highly monochromatic ion beam from a Paul trap. Our protocol is implementable by supplying the segmented electrodes with voltages of the order of Volts, which mitigates the impact…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-28 A. Tobalina , C. Munuera-Javaloy , E. Torrontegui , J. G. Muga , J. Casanova

Sympathetic cooling is the process of energy exchange between a system and a colder bath. We investigate this fundamental process in an atom-ion experiment where the system is composed of a single ion, trapped in a radio-frequency Paul…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-08-08 Ziv Meir , Meirav Pinkas , Tomas Sikorsky , Ruti Ben-shlomi , Nitzan Akerman , Roee Ozeri

Trapped ions provide a highly controlled platform for quantum sensors, clocks, simulators, and computers, all of which depend on cooling ions close to their motional ground state. Existing methods like Doppler, resolved sideband, and dark…

Over the past years, radiofrequency ion traps have become an attractive platform for studying chemical reactions as they enable a high degree of control over ion-molecule dynamics. In this review, we summarize techniques for the trapping…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-10-13 Prerna Paliwal , Jutta Toscano , Stefan Willitsch

We demonstrate sympathetic sideband cooling of a $^{40}$CaH$^{+}$ molecular ion co-trapped with a $^{40}$Ca$^{+}$ atomic ion in a linear Paul trap. Both axial modes of the two-ion chain are simultaneously cooled to near the ground state of…