Sympathetic cooling of molecular ion motion to the ground state

We demonstrate sympathetic sideband cooling of a ^40 CaH ^+ molecular ion co-trapped with a ^40 Ca ^+ atomic ion in a linear Paul trap. Both axial modes of the two-ion chain are simultaneously cooled to near the ground state of motion. The center of mass mode is cooled to an average quanta of harmon...

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Main Authors: R Rugango, J E Goeders, T H Dixon, J M Gray, N B Khanyile, G Shu, R J Clark, K R Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/3/035009