Reduction of heating rate in a microfabricated ion trap by pulsed-laser cleaning

Laser-cleaning of the electrodes in a planar micro-fabricated ion trap has been attempted using ns pulses from a tripled Nd:YAG laser at 355nm. The effect of the laser pulses at several energy density levels has been tested by measuring the heating rate of a single 40Ca+ trapped ion as a function of...

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Main Authors: Allcock, D, Guidoni, L, Harty, T, Ballance, C, Blain, MG, Steane, A, Lucas, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2011