Penning-trap eigenfrequency measurements with optical radiofrequency detectors

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Hauptverfasser: Berrocal, Joaquín, Hernández, Alejandro, Arrazola, Íñigo, Domínguez, Francisco, Carrasco-Sanz, Ana, Fernández, Francisco Javier, Block, Michael, Rodríguez, Daniel
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author Berrocal, Joaquín
Hernández, Alejandro
Arrazola, Íñigo
Domínguez, Francisco
Carrasco-Sanz, Ana
Fernández, Francisco Javier
Block, Michael
Rodríguez, Daniel
author_facet Berrocal, Joaquín
Hernández, Alejandro
Arrazola, Íñigo
Domínguez, Francisco
Carrasco-Sanz, Ana
Fernández, Francisco Javier
Block, Michael
Rodríguez, Daniel
contents We use an electric-dipole laser-driven transition to precisely measure the cyclotron-frequency ratios of the pairs $^{42}$Ca$^+$-$^{40}$Ca$^+$, $^{44}$Ca$^+$-$^{40}$Ca$^+$ and $^{48}$Ca$^+$-$^{40}$Ca$^+$ in a 7-tesla Penning trap. A single laser-cooled ($T\approx 1$~mK) ion serves, together with photon-counting and/or photon-imaging units, as a radiofrequency detector covering a broad-band frequency spectrum, in the present case from kHz to a few MHz. Such detectors ($^{40,42,44,48}$Ca$^{\scriptsize{+}}$) allow measuring extremely small forces, with measured normalized sensitivities down to $7.4(3.5)$ yN$/\sqrt{\text{Hz}}$ and $24.9(9.9)$ yN$/\sqrt{\text{Hz}}$ in the MHz and kHz regime, respectively. The direct determination of the ions' amplitudes makes a cyclotron-frequency measurement process more robust against inhomogeneities of the magnetic field and/or deviations of the electric quadrupole field due to mechanical imperfections of the trap.
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spellingShingle Penning-trap eigenfrequency measurements with optical radiofrequency detectors
Berrocal, Joaquín
Hernández, Alejandro
Arrazola, Íñigo
Domínguez, Francisco
Carrasco-Sanz, Ana
Fernández, Francisco Javier
Block, Michael
Rodríguez, Daniel
Atomic Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
Quantum Physics
We use an electric-dipole laser-driven transition to precisely measure the cyclotron-frequency ratios of the pairs $^{42}$Ca$^+$-$^{40}$Ca$^+$, $^{44}$Ca$^+$-$^{40}$Ca$^+$ and $^{48}$Ca$^+$-$^{40}$Ca$^+$ in a 7-tesla Penning trap. A single laser-cooled ($T\approx 1$~mK) ion serves, together with photon-counting and/or photon-imaging units, as a radiofrequency detector covering a broad-band frequency spectrum, in the present case from kHz to a few MHz. Such detectors ($^{40,42,44,48}$Ca$^{\scriptsize{+}}$) allow measuring extremely small forces, with measured normalized sensitivities down to $7.4(3.5)$ yN$/\sqrt{\text{Hz}}$ and $24.9(9.9)$ yN$/\sqrt{\text{Hz}}$ in the MHz and kHz regime, respectively. The direct determination of the ions' amplitudes makes a cyclotron-frequency measurement process more robust against inhomogeneities of the magnetic field and/or deviations of the electric quadrupole field due to mechanical imperfections of the trap.
title Penning-trap eigenfrequency measurements with optical radiofrequency detectors
topic Atomic Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14884