139 GHz UV phase-locked Raman laser system for thermometry and sideband cooling of 9Be+ ions in a Penning trap

verfasst von
Johannes Mielke, Julian Pick, Julia-Aileen Coenders, Teresa Meiners, Malte Niemann, J. M. Cornejo, S. Ulmer, Christian Ospelkaus
Abstract

We demonstrate a microfabricated surface-electrode ion trap that is applicable as a nanofriction emulator and studies of many-body dynamics of interacting systems. The trap enables both single-well and double-well trapping potentials in the radial direction, where the distance between the two potential wells can be adjusted by the applied RF voltage. In the double-well configuration, parallel ion strings can be formed, which is a suitable system for the emulation of the Frenkel–Kontorova (FK) model. We derive the condition under which the trap functions as an FK model emulator. The trap is designed so that the Coulomb interaction between two ion strings becomes significant. We report on the microfabrication process for such downsized trap electrodes and experimental results of single-well and double-well operation with calcium ions. With the trap demonstrated in this work we can create atomically accessible, self-assembled Coulomb systems with a wide tuning range of the corrugation parameter in the FK model. This makes it a promising system for quantum simulations, but also for the study of nanofriction in one and higher dimensional systems.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Quantenoptik
QUEST Leibniz Forschungsschule
SFB 1227: Designte Quantenzustände der Materie (DQ-mat)
Externe Organisation(en)
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Band
54
Anzahl der Seiten
4
ISSN
0022-3700
Publikationsdatum
15.11.2021
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Physik der kondensierten Materie, Atom- und Molekularphysik sowie Optik
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ac319d (Zugang: Geschlossen)