Image Current Detection of Electrons in a Room-Temperature Paul Trap
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| author | Taniguchi, Kento Noguchi, Atsushi |
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| contents | We report the image current detection of electrons in a room-temperature Paul trap at microwave frequencies. By selectively leveraging distinct cavity modes for trapping and detection, our approach effectively extracts electron signals otherwise buried in the microwave drive used for pseudo-potential formation. When the trapped electrons resonate with the cavity mode, we observe a mode excitation and its exponential decay attributed to resistive cooling. Detuning electrons from the cavity resonance halts this decay, and sweeping electrons' secular frequency reveals their oscillatory spectrum. Implementing this experiment at cryogenic temperatures could enable the image current detection and ground-state cooling of a single electron in Paul traps. |
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| spellingShingle | Image Current Detection of Electrons in a Room-Temperature Paul Trap Taniguchi, Kento Noguchi, Atsushi Quantum Physics Atomic Physics We report the image current detection of electrons in a room-temperature Paul trap at microwave frequencies. By selectively leveraging distinct cavity modes for trapping and detection, our approach effectively extracts electron signals otherwise buried in the microwave drive used for pseudo-potential formation. When the trapped electrons resonate with the cavity mode, we observe a mode excitation and its exponential decay attributed to resistive cooling. Detuning electrons from the cavity resonance halts this decay, and sweeping electrons' secular frequency reveals their oscillatory spectrum. Implementing this experiment at cryogenic temperatures could enable the image current detection and ground-state cooling of a single electron in Paul traps. |
| title | Image Current Detection of Electrons in a Room-Temperature Paul Trap |
| topic | Quantum Physics Atomic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.16578 |