Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: We report the optical trapping of multiple ions localized at individual lattice sites of a one-dimensional optical lattice. We observe a fivefold increased range of axial dc-electric field strength for which ions can be optically trapped with high probability and an increase of the axial eigenfrequency by 2 orders of magnitude compared to an optical dipole trap without interference but of similar intensity. Our findings motivate an alternative pathway to extend arrays of trapped ions in size and dimension, enabling quantum simulations with particles interacting at long range.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Authors: Daniel Hoenig, Fabian Thielemann, Leon Karpa, Thomas Walker, Amir Mohammadi, Tobias Schaetz
Institutions: University of Freiburg, Leibniz University Hannover
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Award: G5439367706
OpenAlex ID: W4393318390