Detection of Single Ion Spectra by Coulomb Crystal Heating

Details Detection of Single Ion Spectra by Coulomb Crystal Heating Detection of Single Ion Spectra by Coulomb Crystal Heating

2010-03-07

arxiv.org/abs/1003.1428v2

Physics

Atomic Physics

7 Pages,10 Figures

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The coupled motion of ions in a radiofrequency trap has been used to connect the frequency- dependent laser-induced heating of a sympathetically cooled spectroscopy ion with changes in the fluorescence of a laser-cooled control ion. This technique, sympathetic heating spectroscopy, is demonstrated using two isotopes of calcium. In the experiment, a few scattered photons from the spectroscopy ion are transformed into a large deviation from the steady-state fluorescence of the control ion. This allows us to detect an optical transition where the number of scattered photons is below our fluorescence detection limit. Possible applications of the technique to molecular ion spectroscopy are briefly discussed.

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