Published May 2014
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Journal article
A system for trapping barium ions in a microfabricated surface trap
- 1. University of Washington, Department of Physics, Box 351560, Seattle, WA 98195-1560 (United States)
- 2. University of Washington, Department of Electrical Engineering, 185 Stevens Way, Paul Allen Center - Room AE100R, Campus Box 352500, Seattle, WA 98195-2500 (United States)
Description
We have developed a vacuum chamber and control system for rapid testing of microfabricated surface ion traps. Our system is modular in design and is based on an in-vacuum printed circuit board with integrated filters. We have used this system to successfully trap and cool barium ions and have achieved ion 'dark' lifetimes of 31.6 s ± 3.4 s with controlled shuttling of ions. We provide a detailed description of the ion trap system including the in-vacuum materials used, control electronics and neutral atom source. We discuss the challenges presented in achieving a system which can work reliably over two years of operations in which the trap under test was changed at least 10 times
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.4879817;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Advances
- Journal Volume
- 4
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 057124-057124.12
- ISSN
- 2158-3226
- CODEN
- AAIDBI
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 46006367
- Subject category
- S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BARIUM IONS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; PRINTED CIRCUITS
- Descriptors DEC
- CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; IONS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2014 Author(s)