Red and blue lasers for cooling trapped ions to near absolute zero.
Lasers for cooling trapped ions.
A linear crystal of 17 laser cooled and trapped barium ions.
Trapped barium ions.
Electronics designed and built in-lab control and monitor the experiment.
Electronics designed and built in-lab.
3D CAD software is used to design mechanical components, including many of the lasers in the lab.
Mechanical design with 3D CAD.
Excellent isolation is provided by an ultra-high vacuum (UHV) chamber.
Ultra-high vacuum (UHV) for isolation.
Laser cooled and trapped: 1988 by F. Shimizu, K. Shimizu, and H. Takuma in Tokyo, Japan.
Reference: Phys. Rev. A 39, 2758 (1989).
Basic information: Atomic/isotopic/spectroscopic information
(Some) groups currently using this atom:
Atomic structure:
(coming soon)
Denison University
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