Surface ion trap with dc-tunable height

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Abstract

We describe the design and operation of a novel surface-electrode ion trap that produces a radio-frequency-null along the axis perpendicular to the trap surface. This arrangement enables control of the vertical trapping potential and consequentially the ion height via dc-electrodes only. This architecture provides a platform for simplified vertical shuttling and trapping vertical ion strings without excess micromotion. As a first application, we show ion height-dependent measurements of electric-field noise, which may provide insight into understanding anomalous heating.

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Presenters

  • Da An

    University of California, Berkeley, Science Education, Graduate Division, University of California, Berkeley

Authors

  • Da An

    University of California, Berkeley, Science Education, Graduate Division, University of California, Berkeley

  • Clemens Matthiesen

    University of California, Berkeley, Physics, Univ of California - Berkeley

  • Ahmed Abdelrahman

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Maya Berlin-Udi

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Dylan Gorman

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Soenke A Moeller

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Erik G Urban

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Hartmut Haeffner

    University of California, Berkeley, Physics, Univ of California - Berkeley