Coherent enhancement of collection of light from linear ion crystals

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Hauptverfasser: Tran, T. D., Babjak, D., Kovalenko, A., Singh, K., Pham, M. T., Obšil, P., Lešundák, A., Číp, O., Slodička, L.
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author Tran, T. D.
Babjak, D.
Kovalenko, A.
Singh, K.
Pham, M. T.
Obšil, P.
Lešundák, A.
Číp, O.
Slodička, L.
author_facet Tran, T. D.
Babjak, D.
Kovalenko, A.
Singh, K.
Pham, M. T.
Obšil, P.
Lešundák, A.
Číp, O.
Slodička, L.
contents The efficient detection of light from trapped ions in free space is paramount for most of their applications. We propose a scheme to enhance the photon collection from linear ion strings. It employs the constructive interference of light scattered from ions along the axial direction in linear Paul traps. The coherent enhancement of photon collection is numerically optimized for a range of feasible spatial angles and realistic ion positions in a single harmonic Coulomb potential. Despite the large mutual distance of scatterers on the order of many wavelengths of scattered light, presented experimental tests confirm the feasibility of enhancements by a factor of $3.05 \pm 0.09$ with a crystal of nine $^{40}$Ca$^+$ ions. Further significant improvements using different ion species, which allow for suppression of the sensitivity to the residual thermal motion, are predicted. The proposed collection geometry is intrinsic to diverse linear ion trap designs and the methodology can be directly applied to an observation of scattering from ion crystals prepared in collective electronic excitations.
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spellingShingle Coherent enhancement of collection of light from linear ion crystals
Tran, T. D.
Babjak, D.
Kovalenko, A.
Singh, K.
Pham, M. T.
Obšil, P.
Lešundák, A.
Číp, O.
Slodička, L.
Quantum Physics
Atomic Physics
The efficient detection of light from trapped ions in free space is paramount for most of their applications. We propose a scheme to enhance the photon collection from linear ion strings. It employs the constructive interference of light scattered from ions along the axial direction in linear Paul traps. The coherent enhancement of photon collection is numerically optimized for a range of feasible spatial angles and realistic ion positions in a single harmonic Coulomb potential. Despite the large mutual distance of scatterers on the order of many wavelengths of scattered light, presented experimental tests confirm the feasibility of enhancements by a factor of $3.05 \pm 0.09$ with a crystal of nine $^{40}$Ca$^+$ ions. Further significant improvements using different ion species, which allow for suppression of the sensitivity to the residual thermal motion, are predicted. The proposed collection geometry is intrinsic to diverse linear ion trap designs and the methodology can be directly applied to an observation of scattering from ion crystals prepared in collective electronic excitations.
title Coherent enhancement of collection of light from linear ion crystals
topic Quantum Physics
Atomic Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.12369