Laser cooling of a small number of Be+ions in a penning trap
โ Scribed by H. Imajo; S. Urabe; K. Hayasaka; M. Watanabe; R. Hayashi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 523 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0721-7269
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โฆ Synopsis
Be + ions stored in a Penning trap were cooled by a laser beam perpendicular to the magnetic field. The cooled ions are strongly coupled and phase transitions of up to 100 ions were observed. In experiments with only a few ions stored in the trap, a stepwise decrease in fluorescence intensity was observed. All steps are of the same size and so every step is attributed to a single ion. The discrete changes in fluorescence occurred more frequently when the background pressure was increased, caused by collisions between stored ions and background neutral molecules.
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