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Analysis of linear ion Paul traps using 3-D FEM and the azimuthal multipole expansion
Oral, Martin ; Číp, Ondřej ; Slodička, L.
Radiofrequency (RF) Paul traps are valuable in the design and in the operation of highly stable\noptical atomic clocks based on suitable trapped ions. The traditional setup involves a single\nion in an RF trap irradiated with a laser beam. The frequency of the laser light is then fine-tuned to match that of photons coming from an electronic transition in the atomic shell. The\nachievable frequency stability is about 10-17 for laser-cooled ions. However, the stability can be\nfurther improved by using heavy atoms (such as Thorium) and the more stable frequencies of\ntheir nuclear transitions, and by setting up so-called Coulomb crystals, to improve the frequency measurement statistics by increasing the number of reference atoms. These techniques and their combination could reach relative stabilities beyond 10-20.
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Laser cooling of the trapped ions for frequency and time metrology
Číp, Ondřej ; Pham, Minh Tuan ; Čížek, Martin ; Lešundák, Adam ; Hucl, Václav ; Hrabina, Jan ; Řeřucha, Šimon ; Jedlička, Petr ; Lazar, Josef
In the laser cooled trapped ions field current research is oriented to yield isolated ions in their basic state of the motion. The detection of the Doppler cooled iont excitation to its quadrupole transition of the electronic structure gives the opportuniny to stabilize highly coherent lasers of the optical frequency of the hundreds of THz. This way a new standart of the time or optical frequencies called „Optical atomic clock“ can be defined. Institute of the Scientific Instruments in Brno in the cooperation with the Department of the Optics of the Palacky University in Olomouc implemented a unique research infrastructure for laser cooling of 40Ca+ ions and subsequent experiments of the quantum mechanics and spectroscopy in a joint laboratory in Brno. Currently 40Ca+ ions are routinely generated and captured. The Doppler cooling of those ions is performed using dipole transition at a wavelength of the 397 nm. Also detection and spectroscopy of the electronic structure of the ion and the presence of his dark resonances is implemented.\n
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