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Hot news: Trapping of a single barium ion

03 May 2014
Coloumb crystal and a single barium ion
Coloumb crystal and a single barium ion

The TRIµP group has achieved capturing a single barium ion in a Paul trap. The images show Coulomb crystals formed by a decreasing number of laser-cooled ions as detected with an EMCCD camera. This forms an important step towards the planned experiments on single radium ions to measure atomic parity violation and build an ultra-stable optical clock.

Last modified:18 September 2014 3.46 p.m.

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