January 1, 1995
Author(s)
C Monroe, D M. Meekhof, B E. King, Steven R. Jefferts, Wayne M. Itano, David J. Wineland, P Gould
We report laser cooling of a single 9Be+ ion held in a rf (Paul) ion trap to where it occupies the quantum-mechanical ground state of motion. With the use of resolved-sideband stimulated Raman cooling, the zero point of motion is achieved 98% of the time