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

authored by: 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.
Organisation(s): Institute of Quantum Optics
QUEST-Leibniz Research School
CRC 1227 Designed Quantum States of Matter (DQ-mat)
External Organisation(s): National Metrology Institute of Germany (PTB)
Type: Article
Journal: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Volume: 54
No. of pages: 4
ISSN: 0022-3700
Publication date: 15.11.2021
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ac319d (Access: Closed)

BibTeX

@article{9118e211ddfa4c8b931c6b1a7c87c5ec,
title = "139 GHz UV phase-locked Raman laser system for thermometry and sideband cooling of 9Be+ ions in a Penning trap",
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.",
author = "Johannes Mielke and Julian Pick and Julia-Aileen Coenders and Teresa Meiners and Malte Niemann and Cornejo, {J. M.} and S. Ulmer and Christian Ospelkaus",
year = "2021",
month = nov,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1088/1361-6455/ac319d",
language = "English",
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journal = "Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics",
issn = "0022-3700",
publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd.",
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