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"Perpendicular laser cooling with a rotating wall potential in a Penning trap"
Published
Author(s)
Joseph W. Britton, Justin G. Bohnet, John Bollinger, Steven B. Torrisi
Abstract
We investigate the impact of a rotating wall potential on perpendicular laser cooling in a Penning ion trap. By including energy exchange with the rotating wall, we extend previous Doppler laser cooling theory and show that low perpendicular temperatures are more readily achieved with a rotating wall than without. Detailed numerical studies determine optimal operating parameters for producing low temperature, stable 2-dimensional crystals, important for quantum information processing experiments employing Penning traps.
Britton, J.
, Bohnet, J.
, Bollinger, J.
and Torrisi, S.
(2016),
"Perpendicular laser cooling with a rotating wall potential in a Penning trap", Physical Review A, [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.93.043421, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=920263
(Accessed October 11, 2025)