Loading a planar RF Paul Trap from a cold Yb⁺ source

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Shields, Brendan John
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Loading a planar radio frequency Paul Trap from a cold yitterbium⁺ source
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.
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Vladan Vuletić.
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Abstract
In this thesis, we demonstrate a functioning planar radio frequency, three-rod Paul Trap, loaded with Yb+ ions that have been photoionized from a source of neutral atoms, which were cooled in a magneto-optical trap. Planar ion traps have only recently been successfully loaded[1], and never from a cold ion source. Additionally, ionizing directly from a MOT allows for isotope selection.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2006.
 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63).
 
Date issued
2006
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36117
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Physics.
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